Hooda,Vora granted regular bail by ED court in AJL plot allotment case

A special Enforcement Directorate court in Panchkula granted regular bail to former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Congress leer Motilal Vora in Associated Journals Limited (AJL) land allotment case on Wednesday. Special Judge Jagdeep Singh fixed December 10 as next date of hearing in case, according to an vocate representing Hooda. He said two Congress leers were present in court.

About case

During previous hearing on October 30, court h granted m interim bail till vember 6. Enforcement Directorate h in August 2019 filed its first charge sheet indicting Vora and Hooda for alleged irregularities in allotment of land to AJL in Panchkula. A prosecution complaint was filed before a special court for cases under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Panchkula near Chandigarh, federal probe ncy h said earlier. ncy, in its first charge sheet, named Vora, Hooda and AJL charging that y were "directly involved in process and activity connected with acquisition and possession of proceeds of crime". Vora, a Rajya Sabha member, is a Congress general secretary. Hooda has been Haryana chief minister for two terms between 2005 and 2014.

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money laundering case pertains to alleged irregularities in re-allotment of a plot, located in Panchkula, to AJL by n Hooda government. Under provisions of Prevention of Money-laundering Act, ED has alrey attached plot with an estimated value of Rs 64.93 crore. "Hooda favoured AJL by granting m three undue extensions for construction on said plot from May 2008 to May 10, 2012, and n until AJL completed construction in year 2014," ED h said in a statement earlier. ncy h charged that Hooda allotted pot to AJL by "blatantly misusing his official position." former Haryana chief minister, it was alleged, "dishonestly allotted said plot afresh in guise of re-allotment to AJL at original rates plus interest in violation of necessary conditions and policy of HUDA (Haryana Urban Development Authority) vide order dated August 28, 2005."

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About complaint

ED filed a criminal complaint of money laundering in this case in 2016 based on a CBI FIR, which h taken over investigation into case at request of BJP government in Haryana. Central Bureau of Investigation has alrey filed a charge sheet against Hooda and ors in this case. plot was allotted to AJL first in 1982. But allotment was revoked by estate officer of Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) by an October 1992 order because AJL h failed to comply with conditions of allotment letter, ED h said. ncy h questioned two Congress leers in case.

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