Govt. expenses on Rampal: Rs. 26.61 crore

The states of Haryana and Punjab, Union Territory Chandigarh and the Centre submitted expenditure to the tune of Rs.26.61 crore with the court.

In an affidavit, Haryana DGP S N Vashisht pegged the total expenditure incurred on the Rampal’s arrest at Rs.15.43 crore.

This expenditure includes Rs.2.19 crore as damage to property, over Rs.7 crore spent on deployment of police officials, Rs.1.69 crore spent by railway police, Rs.2.36 crore as transport expenditure and Rs.4.50 lakh expenditure on food for the security forces.

While Punjab and Chandigarh submitted expenditure of Rs.4.34 crore and 3.29 crore respectively on arrangements for producing Rampal in court, the Centre said Rs 3.55 crore was spent till November 20.