Foodgrain transportation scam: HC quashes 2 FIRs against ex-minister Ashu
Hindustan TimesThe Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday quashed two criminal cases registered against former Congress minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu. Former Congress minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu Both the FIRs were registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act and various other provisions of the Indian Penal Code in an alleged ₹2,000-crore scam involving the transportation of foodgrains during the previous Congress regime from 2017-2022. In the August 2022 FIR, the allegations are that when he was the minister of food, civil supplies and consumer affairs during the Congress regime, he allegedly indulged in corruption in awarding tenders for transportation of food grains. The ED had initiated a parallel probe into the money trail under the PMLA after the VB registered multiple FIRs against Ashu and others in the food grain transportation scam.