Bharat Bhushan Ashu gets bail in money laundering case, Vigilance cancels FIR: WATCH VIDEO

Chandigarh (The Uttam Hindu): In a significant breakthrough, former Cabinet Minister and Congress leader Bharat Bhushan Ashu was granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the money laundering case linked to the Punjab tender scam. The court order has followed a recent hearing in which Ashu was relieved of the charges. Also, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau has withdrawn the FIR filed against him. Nikhil, his lawyer confirmed this.

Ashu's wife and candidate from Ludhiana's ward number 60 Mamta Ashu expressed happiness and said that everyone's prayers have been answered, he had already said that if he is innocent then the court will release him, he is very happy, he is getting calls from people congratulating him.

Ashu, arrested close to four months ago, has been charged with heinous allegations of fraud at the grain markets relating to transportation. He has used number plates of other vehicles as a ruse to transport good and fudged vehicular details before bagging tenders. It deals with a 2,000-crore scam related to a tender. Ashu was arrested by Punjab Vigilance Bureau on August. And after his arrest, he remained incarcerated in Patiala jail for nearly six months.

Bharat Bhushan Ashu is a senior Congress leader and former Cabinet Minister in the Punjab state government who has served as the Minister for Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs. He had been representing the Ludhiana constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly for several years. This is a significant twist in the ongoing legal cases related to the tender scam in Punjab