New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday issued fresh summons to Rajbir Ghuman, officer on special duty to Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, in an alleged corruption case linked to financial benefits for managing the postings of IAS and IPS officers and other official matters, officials said.
Ghuman had been summoned alongside other co-accused earlier in the week and directed to appear for questioning on Friday. Authorities noted that after Ghuman claimed he had not received the initial notice and subsequently failed to show up, CBI teams pasted the summons at his premises and also dispatched it via email.
The official has been called in connection with a case registered following orders from the Punjab and Haryana High Court. The federal agency has alleged that Ghuman and his associates leveraged their positions to influence the official postings of senior administrative and police officers in exchange for financial kickbacks.
As part of the ongoing investigation, the CBI previously executed searches across eight locations spanning Chandigarh, Mohali, Gurdaspur, Ludhiana, Patiala, Sangrur, and Jalandhar that were linked to Ghuman and other individuals under scrutiny.
According to CBI spokesperson Beena Yadav, the agency has formally booked six individuals, comprising public servants, middlemen, and associates. The named suspects include Rajbir Ghuman, Nitin Gohal, Jitin Gohal alias Raja, Romi Raja Mahajan, Bir Devinder, and R S Nagra, alongside other unidentified public servants and private persons.
The foundational FIR was registered pursuant to Punjab and Haryana High Court directives and followed the receipt of an investigative report from the Enforcement Directorate. That report probed allegations that Ghuman and his network manipulated government postings, departmental proceedings, policy formulations, administrative approvals, tender conditions, licensing terms, land-use conversions, property disputes, and revenue-related matters for pecuniary gain.
Investigators also allege that the implicated public servants compromised sensitive state operations by improperly accessing and sharing drafts of official orders and state policies with private individuals prior to their formal government release.