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Troubles mount for Punjab AAP-MLA Jaswant Singh GajjanMajra from Amargarh constituency as his bail plea application has been rejected by a Mohali court here on Monday.
Gajjan Majra was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in November 2023. Now, he will have to approach the High Court for bail.
Prior to filing the bail plea in the district court, Gajjan Majra had withdrawn a petition from the Supreme Court, where he had challenged his arrest and remand in connection with the money laundering case linked to bank fraud.
Jaswant Singh GajjanMajra, an AAP MLA, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a bank fraud case after being detained from a public meeting in Malerkotla on November 6, 2023. The legislator was taken into custody under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after he was detained by agency officials from a public meeting he was holding in Malerkotla.
In May last year, the CBI conducted raided at the premises linked to GajjanMajra in connection with an alleged bank fraud of Rs 40 crore. In September last year, the ED had conducted raids at several premises linked to GajjanMajra as part of a money laundering probe linked to the alleged bank loan fraud.
The ED team had then seized Rs 32 lakh cash, some mobile phones and hard drives after its raids. The CBI had registered an FIR on a complaint from Bank of India, Ludhiana, against Gajjanmajra, Tara Corporation Ltd (renamed as MalaudhAgro Ltd) (based at Gaunspura in Malerkotla district) and others over the alleged fraud.
Gajjan Majra was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in November 2023. Now, he will have to approach the High Court for bail.
Prior to filing the bail plea in the district court, Gajjan Majra had withdrawn a petition from the Supreme Court, where he had challenged his arrest and remand in connection with the money laundering case linked to bank fraud.
Jaswant Singh GajjanMajra, an AAP MLA, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a bank fraud case after being detained from a public meeting in Malerkotla on November 6, 2023. The legislator was taken into custody under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after he was detained by agency officials from a public meeting he was holding in Malerkotla.
In May last year, the CBI conducted raided at the premises linked to GajjanMajra in connection with an alleged bank fraud of Rs 40 crore. In September last year, the ED had conducted raids at several premises linked to GajjanMajra as part of a money laundering probe linked to the alleged bank loan fraud.
The ED team had then seized Rs 32 lakh cash, some mobile phones and hard drives after its raids. The CBI had registered an FIR on a complaint from Bank of India, Ludhiana, against Gajjanmajra, Tara Corporation Ltd (renamed as MalaudhAgro Ltd) (based at Gaunspura in Malerkotla district) and others over the alleged fraud.
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