ED Registers Case Against Ex-Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda

Hooda allocated land to AJL under dubious terms due to which the state government had to undergo a losses in crores.

Bhupinder Singh Hooda, former chief Minister, Haryana. (Photo Courtesy: Facebook/Bhupinder Singh Hooda)

• The Enforcement Directorate registered a case against Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Associated Journal Limited (AJL) on Friday under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
  
  
• When Hooda was the chief minister, he allocated a piece of land to AJL in Panchkula under dubious terms. Due to this land allocation, the loss for the state government revenue was more than a few crores.
  
  
• Hooda is already under the Central Bureau of Investigation’s scanner for involvement in alleged irregularities in the allocation of industrial plots when he was chairman of Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA).
  

(With inputs from ANI)