Punjab News Line, Jalandhar:
Former Punjab Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu has been arrested by the ED. He has been arrested by ED in Jalandhar office. Ashu went to the ED office this morning. He was being interrogated. According to the information, he has been arrested while taking action against Ashu under the Money Laundering Act.
Actually, when former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu was in charge of the Ministry of Food and Civil Supplies, Ashu was accused of scams in tenders worth around 2 thousand crores. Large-scale irregularities were found in labor and transportation tenders in state mandis. After this, during the search, ED found property documents worth about one and a half crores. 30 lakhs were also seized during this search. Remember that earlier this matter was raised by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau. In this case, a challan has also been submitted to the court by the vigilance. Documents related to this case were sought by the ED and the ED asked Ashu to appear today.