Jalandhar: 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 now reached the Punjab and Haryana High Court for bail. A petition has been filed on his behalf in the High Court for bail. The petition will be heard today (21 November). He went to the Jalandhar ED office for questioning in August. After that the ED arrested him.
The Jalandhar ED team arrested Bharat Bhushan Ashu in the month of August. At present, he is in jail. Earlier, the ED had studied the whole case. Property worth Rs 22.78 crore of many people were seized at various places in the state.
In the year 2022, some transport owners and contractors had accused former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu of benefiting some selected contractors and committing fraud of crores of rupees regarding the grain transportation tender scam.
A complaint was made to the Vigilance. The attached properties of persons involved in money laundering include immovable properties located in Ludhiana, Mohali, Khanna and other parts of Punjab and movable assets in the form of FDRs, gold jewelry, bullion, and bank accounts.