Karnal, Feb. 5 -- A team of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday said that they have arrested two junior engineers (JEs) for their alleged involvement in the sanitation scam of Kaithal zila parishad in 2021.

They were identified as Jaiveer Singh and Sahil Kashyap, who were presented before a local court and sent to judicial custody.

In a statement, the ACB said that the arrests were made as part of their probe in the multi-crore scam in the zila parishad, in which the then MLA Lilaram Gujjar had filed a complaint in 2021.

It was alleged that Rs.31.64 crore were received from the panchayat department as grant for creation of capital assets, of which 50% were to be spent on sanitation works.

However, the complainant said, Rs.15.82 cr...