CHANDIGARH, April 6 -- The Punjab home department has granted prosecution sanction against 2007-batch IPS officer and deputy inspector general Inderbir Singh in connection with two FIRs lodged in 2022 drug and corruption cases, said people in know of the matter.

Inderbir is currently posted at the Punjab Armed Police (PAP) headquarters, Jalandhar. "A detailed order of prosecution has been passed. We have got the permission under section 19-A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, and it will be submitted in the court," confirmed a top official of the vigilance bureau, who didn't want to be named.

The prosecution sanction has mounted trouble for Inderbir, who in 2022 was indicted by the Supreme Court-appointed inquiry committee, led by jus...