Hearing adjourned in Ludhiana City Centre scam

The Ludhiana sessions court on 16 September adjourned the hearing in connection of the multi-crore Ludhiana City Centre scandal till 7 October.

Earlier on 19 August, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and all other 30 accused were given a clean chit by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau, in the matter.

A cancellation report was filed by the Vigilance Bureau in the court of sessions Judge Gurbir Singh here.

The state vigilance bureau had registered the FIR in March 2007.

Amarinder and others had been charged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) relating to criminal breach of trust (409), cheating (420), forgery (465), forgery of valuable security (467), forgery for purpose of cheating (468), and using as genuine a forged document (471), criminal conspiracy (120-B) besides under the Prevention of Corruption Act. 

-ANI