Preet Mandir gets new managing trustee

Preet Mandir gets new managing trustee
TNN, Aug 20, 2010, 01.47am IST

 
PUNE: Following the resignation of Joginder Singh Bhasin as managing trustee of Preet Mandir adoption agency, the board has unanimously agreed to appoint D P Bhatia as the new managing trustee.

A sitting trustee for the last decade, Bhatia is a 1952 graduate in electrical engineering and belongs to the Indian Inspection Service-Engineering Service Cadre, Government of India. On his appointment, Bhatia said that he had accepted the responsibility of running the activities of the foundation at this critical juncture' with great humility.'

Former managing trustee Joginder Singh Bhasin was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for his alleged involvement in an inter-country adoption racket', though he was subsequently released on bail. It is not known as to why Bhasin resigned.

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