SBS Nagar, Jan. 20 -- In a U-turn, the Punjab government on Monday stated that no anomalies or irregularities were found regarding the holy saroops at the Banga-based shrine, Rasokhana Nabh Kanwal Raja Sahib.

Finance minister Harpal Singh Cheema said, "As part of the investigation into the missing saroops, the SIT claimed to have traced 169 saroops on the premises of Nabh Kanwal Raja Sahib. However, after thorough probe into the matter, no anomaly has been found in the records maintained by the Raja Sahib management related to the saroops possessed by it. The record related to the saroops is accounted for by the management."

Cheema's statement comes days after chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann during a Maghi conference on January 14 ha...