Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], September 12 (ANI): Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Monday, demanded immediate dismissal and arrest of Fauja Singh Sarari, the Defence Services Welfare and Food Processing Minister of Punjab over a leaked video where he allegedly planning to trap some contractors to extort money from them.

In the leaked audio clip, the minister is allegedly discussing a plan with his Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to trap the contractors of the department of Food and Civil Supplies, red-handed to later extort money from them.

Also Read | Amritsar: Spring Dale School Receives Bomb Threat on Social Media, Case Registered.

"They have not even completed six months and the second minister has been caught indulging in corrupt practices and at this rate, in the next two years we may see a dozen of their ministers landing in jail", the PCC president remarked, while reacting to the clip.

Earlier, he said that the government dismissed the health minister and jailed him over similar allegations. "This time the matter is already in the public domain with the minister's audio clip and let us see what action the government takes", he remarked.

Also Read | Sukhpreet Kaur, Wife of Sarabjit Singh Who Died in Pakistan Jail in 2013, Dies in Accident Near Fatehpur.

The PCC president pointed out, that the government has been falsely implicating Congress leaders without any proof or evidence and has registered cases against three former ministers and put two of them behind bars.

"Now we will see what the government will do with its own minister who had the audacity to discuss money extortion plan, by trapping contractors, with his OSD", he said, while challenging the government to prove that it practices what it preaches.

The PCC president pointed out these were not mere allegations but revelations, which need to be taken seriously. (ANI)

(The above story is verified and authored by ANI staff, ANI is South Asia's leading multimedia news agency with over 100 bureaus in India, South Asia and across the globe. ANI brings the latest news on Politics and Current Affairs in India & around the World, Sports, Health, Fitness, Entertainment, & News. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)