Panchkula, March 2 -- Seven years after the fertiliser scam came to light, the Haryana State Crime Branch on Friday arrested Haryana State Seed Certification Agency (HSSCA) director Jagdeep Singh Brar.

A senior official from the crime branch confirmed that official records contained incriminating evidence against Brar, leading to his arrest. While the police sought a three-day remand, the court instead sent him to 14 days of judicial custody.

The scam dates back to 2018 when Ramkawar, a resident of Jhajjar, filed a complaint alleging fraudulent procurement of agricultural inputs through the Haryana State Cooperative Supply and Marketing Federation (HAFED) and the Haryana Land Reclamation and Development Corporation (HLRDC).

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