Patiala, June 10 -- The state government is making efforts to make tehsil and sub-tehsil complexes across the state free of corruption, chief minister Bhagwant Mann said on Monday. Addressing a gathering after dedicating a new tehsil complex here, constructed at the cost of Rs.8.55 crore, the CM said that revenue officers, in the past, used to think they have the right to loot people through corruption and they even threatened to disrupt the work if any action was taken against them.

"The state government came up with a crackdown against corrupt practices. The result is that all the tehsils and sub-tehsils complexes across Punjab are heading towards becoming corruption free," he stated.

The CM further said that revenue officers used to ...