Chandigarh, Feb. 29 -- On the last day of the Budget Session of the Vidhan Sabha, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday announced that a Special Task Force under the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) would be formed to investigate irregularities in cooperative societies established in all districts. The Task Force will investigate irregularities in Cooperative Societies starting from 1992 to till date. Strict action will be taken against whoever is found guilty in the investigation, he assured the house, he added.
Khattar said that so far, Rs. 328 crore has been allocated to these societies, out of which Rs 259 crore has been utilized, and the remaining amount is lying in banks. The present state government had conducted audit...