FIR in plot allotments in Panchkula during Hooda’s time

An FIR was lodged by the Haryana Vigilance Bureau against the then Chairman and Chief Administrator of HUDA on Saturday for alleged irregularities in allotment of industrial plots in Panchkula three years ago when the then Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was at the body’s helm.

The FIR was lodged even as Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar recommended inquiry by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged irregularities during the previous Congress government.

The Vigilance Bureau registered the case under relevant sections of the IPC and the Prevention of Corruption Act against the then Chairman of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA), a post held by Hooda, as also former IAS officer DPS Nagal and two other officials of the authority.