Chandigarh, July 25 -- The Punjab government has exonerated 1997-batch IPS officer and additional director general of police (ADGP) Surinder Pal Singh Parmar of all charges of misconduct and dereliction of duty in connection with the Vigilance Bureau's action in corruption cases involving the transport department.

Parmar, who was the chief director of the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB), was suspended along with two other senior officers-AIG Swarandeep Singh and Jalandhar VB SSP Harpreet Singh-on April 25 last year.

The action came after surprise VB raids at regional transport authority (RTA) offices and automated driving test centres across the state unearthed alleged large-scale corruption in the issuance of driving licences.

The govern...