Chandigarh, Sept. 22 -- The Punjab public works department (PWD) has chargesheeted a 2014-batch Punjab Civil Service (PCS) officer and called for a vigilance bureau (VB) investigation into the alleged irregularities surrounding a Rs.3.7-crore land acquisition for a National Highway-703 project.

The case involves Charumita, additional deputy commissioner (ADC) of Moga, who was serving as the Moga sub-divisional magistrate at the time.

The controversy centers on land located along the Dharmkot-Shahkot stretch, which was originally acquired in 1963 by the PWD (B&R), Ferozepur, for road construction. Despite this land being in continuous use for public purposes for more than five decades, a change of land use (CLU) was granted in 2022 for c...