Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) attached four properties situated in Ludhiana of Rakesh Kumar Singla, Former Deputy Director of Food, Civil Supply, and Consumer Affairs Department Punjab, and his wife Rachna Singla. This action was taken on the Ad Interim Attachment orders passed by the Court of Dr. Ajit Attri, Special Judge, Ludhiana, on August 8, 2023.
Notably, a case FIR No. 11 dated August 16, 2022, under sections 420, 409, 467, 468, 471, 120 B of the IPC, and 7, 8, 12, 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, was registered against former Cabinet Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu, his close associate Rakesh Kumar Singla, and others at Police Station VB, Ludhiana Range, in connection with the illegal allotment of labour and cartage tenders to the various contractors for the year 2020-21. The accused, Rakesh Kumar Singla, has been declared PO on December 3, 2022, and a Red Corner Notice has also been issued against him.
