Senior Congress leader and former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, who is in jail in the money laundering case related to the tender scam in Punjab, has been granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court. A petition was filed in the High Court on his behalf for bail.
Congress leader Bharat Bhushan Ashu has got a big relief from the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the money laundering case related to the tender scam in Punjab. The court has granted him bail in this case. At the same time, Punjab Vigilance has also canceled the FIR registered against him. His lawyer Nikhil Ghai gave this information. He was in jail for four months. An order will be issued soon in this regard.
Ashu was arrested by the ED on August 1 when he went to the ED office in Jalandhar for questioning in August. Since then he is in jail. Earlier, the ED had investigated the entire matter. Property worth Rs 22.78 crore of many people was seized at various places in the state. At the same time, there is an atmosphere of happiness in his house after he got bail.
In the year 2022, some transport owners and contractors accused former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu of benefiting select contractors and committing fraud of crores of rupees in the grain transport tender scam. A complaint of same was made to the Vigilance bureau.
The properties attached include immovable properties situated in Ludhiana, Mohali, Khanna, and other parts of Punjab and movable assets in the form of FDRs, gold jewelry, gold, and bank accounts of persons involved in money laundering.