Chahal granted interim bail till July 4

Chandigarh, May 31 (UNI) Mr Justice Uma Nath Singh of the Punjab and Haryana High Court today granted interim bail till July 4 to Mr Bharat Inder Singh Chahal, Media Advisor to former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, in connection with a case of multi-crore City Centre scam of Ludhiana Improvement Trust.

The case was registered by the state Vigilance Bureau on March 23 last under the Prevention of Corruption Act against over a dozen persons, including capt. Amarinder Singh, former Minister Jagjit Singh Chaudhary and others. The contract of the project was awarded to New Delhi based company Today Homes.

The bench also granted bail till july 4 to Mr G K Gambhir, Managing Director of company Today Homes, Mr Sunil Sharma, Mr Vinay Subhiki and Mr Syed Mohammed Ashraf Naqvi, senior officers of the company.

The verdict in this regard had been kept reserved by the court yesterday.

However, arguments were inconclusive on Mr Chahal's plea seeking direction to concerned authorities to give him a week's notice if he was to be arested or questioned in connection with any case which might be registered against him. The same is to be heard further tomorrow.

UNI