Mohali January 18:
Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh appeared before the Mohali court in a corruption case pertaining to Amritsar Improvement Trust land scam. The court has fixed next date of hearing on January 29.
The defence counsels of the former chief minister including APS Deol and Ramdeep Pratap Singh had earlier moved an application stating reasons why the trial in the case should be allowed to proceed. The prosecution has sought time to file its reply.
As Mohali special judge SK Garg was on leave, the case was transferred to the court of additional sessions Judge Rajinder Agarwal, who adjourned the case till January 29. Former local bodies minister Chaudhary Jagjit Singh, former AIT chairman Jugal Kishore Sharma and former trustee of AIT sought exemption from personal appearance on medical grounds and the same was allowed, while the remaining 13 accused were present in the court.
Speaking to media outside the court, Captain Amarinder said, "In the coming budget session, we will question the SAD-BJP government on what they have done till now." On being asked whether ousted finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal was a threat to the Congress, he said, "Manpreet was never a threat to the Congress but he is threat for the Akalis."
The Vigilance Bureau had filed a chargesheet against the accused charging them with releasing 32.10 acres of AIT land for development by private colonizers in violation of rules, following a complaint by a senior Congress leader and former assembly deputy speaker Bir Devinder Singh, who had raised the issue in the assembly during Singh's tenure as chief minister between 2002-2007.
Former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh appeared before the Mohali court in a corruption case pertaining to Amritsar Improvement Trust land scam. The court has fixed next date of hearing on January 29.
The defence counsels of the former chief minister including APS Deol and Ramdeep Pratap Singh had earlier moved an application stating reasons why the trial in the case should be allowed to proceed. The prosecution has sought time to file its reply.
As Mohali special judge SK Garg was on leave, the case was transferred to the court of additional sessions Judge Rajinder Agarwal, who adjourned the case till January 29. Former local bodies minister Chaudhary Jagjit Singh, former AIT chairman Jugal Kishore Sharma and former trustee of AIT sought exemption from personal appearance on medical grounds and the same was allowed, while the remaining 13 accused were present in the court.
Speaking to media outside the court, Captain Amarinder said, "In the coming budget session, we will question the SAD-BJP government on what they have done till now." On being asked whether ousted finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal was a threat to the Congress, he said, "Manpreet was never a threat to the Congress but he is threat for the Akalis."
The Vigilance Bureau had filed a chargesheet against the accused charging them with releasing 32.10 acres of AIT land for development by private colonizers in violation of rules, following a complaint by a senior Congress leader and former assembly deputy speaker Bir Devinder Singh, who had raised the issue in the assembly during Singh's tenure as chief minister between 2002-2007.
