Acting swiftly in the Jalandhar priest’s missing money case, the special investigation team of the Punjab Police on Thursday recovered Rs. 2. 38 crores in the wake of the arrest of five persons from Sangrur and Patiala involved in siphoning off the funds.
A spokesperson of the Punjab Police said the money was recovered from the accused on the basis of revelations made by two ASIs, who were arrested on Tuesday during their interrogation by Punjab Police, in Kochi.
Earlier in the day, a team of Punjab Police took over the custody of the two ASIs - Joginder Singh and Rajpreet Singh, from the Kerala Police at Kochi. Both were presented before CJM Kochi who gave transit remand and the accused were being brought back to Punjab.
DGP Dinkar Gupta said further investigations were in progress and all efforts were being made to unravel the entire chain of events and recover the full amount alleged to have been embezzled.
Earlier, the Punjab Police had tracked down the two absconding ASIs, Joginder Singh and Rajpreet Singh, to a private hotel in Kochi, where they were arrested by the local police on Tuesday.