By IANS
Ludhiana : A district and sessions court here Monday issued summons to former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh and 34 others in the corruption case filed against them by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau in the Ludhiana City Centre scam.
Amarinder Singh, his son Raninder Singh, son-in-law Raminder Singh, former minister Jagjit Singh and others have been asked to appear before the court of Judge G.K. Rai Jan 10.
The vigilance department, in a charge sheet submitted before the court recently, had named 36 people in the case.
Of them, Ludhiana improvement trust (LIT) chairman Paramjit Singh Sibia, who allotted the multi-billion project to the Delhi-based Today Homes and infrastructure company, has already been declared an absconder by the court.
Amarinder Singh, who headed the Congress government as chief minister till February, has been accused of favouring Today Homes in the allotment of the project – touted to be the biggest shopping and commercial mall in Asia.
Work on the project has been stalled after the Akali Dal came to power in the state.
The vigilance has claimed that favours shown to the company cost the state a whopping Rs.30 billion.
Earlier this year, vigilance officials questioned the former chief minister for nearly seven hours. His son Raninder and son-in-law Raminder have also been questioned.