AJL case: Bhupinder Hooda calls ED judge’s order ‘arbitrary’, approaches HC

CHANDIGARH: Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has moved the Punjab and Haryana high court, questioning a recent order passed by a special ED judge hinting at the framing of charges against him in the money laundering case in Panchkula’s Associated Journal Limited (AJL) plot allotment case. Terming the Panchkula court’s July 5 order as “highly arbitrary and objectionable”, Hooda has contended that the special ED judge Panchkula “has made up his mind to frame charges in the case” and he has “grave apprehensions on the fairness of the trial” in view of these circumstances.
Hooda’s petition in HC challenging the order, filed through senior advocate R S Cheema, is expected to come up for hearing on Wednesday. Hooda has also sought directions to set aside the ED FIR against him in connection with the allotment of plot to AJL in Panchkula.