CBI raids at premises of IAS officers, Forest Hill Resorts

Chandigarh, Apr 13 (UNI) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today raided the premises of two senior Punjab cadre IAS officers S C Aggarwal and K B S Sidhu and the state's Forest Conservator Harsh Kumar here.

The CBI also conducted raids at the controversial Forest Hill Resorts on the outskirts of the city, official sources said.

The raids were being conducted as part of the CBI investigations into the multi-crore Forest Hill Resort scam.

The CBI sleuths raided the residence of Mr S C Aggarwal, the state's Secretary for Industries, in Sector 5 and also raided the Sector 19 house of Mr K B S Sidhu, Secretary, Housing and Urban Development this morning.

The CBI official, however, refused to divulge any further details.

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