August 1, 2024 8:58 PM.
In Punjab, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) today arrested the working president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) and former cabinet minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu in a tender allotment scam earlier exposed by the State Vigilance Bureau.
He was summoned for investigation today by ED and questioned about his role in the scam related to the transportation of grains from Mandis.
The state vigilance bureau had found that food grains were transported in vehicles bearing registration numbers of scooters. He was named as accused by the bureau and beneficiary of funds over Rs. 2 crores were syphoned through fake bills.
He was food and supply minister in the Captain Amarinder Singh government.