The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has already submitted detailed chargesheet against Ashu, his close associate Rajdeep Singh Nagra and 29 others, including officials of Punjab food and civil supplies department, in the special PMLA court in Jalandhar.
The matter came to light after the ED officials investigating into the matter raised the issue before the court — the special court (PMLA), Jalandhar — that the central agency was not made party to the bail application filed by Ashu
Rajdeep Singh Nagra, an aide of former Punjab food and civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, remanded in seven-day custody in connection with ₹2,000-crore foodgrain transportation-linked money-laundering case.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested former Punjab food and civil supplies and consumer affairs minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu in an alleged ₹2,000-crore foodgrain transportation-linked money-laundering case.