Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh gets bail in disproportionate assets case

A CBI court on Monday granted bail to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and others accused in the Rs 10 crore disproportionate assets case.

New Delhi: A CBI court on Monday granted bail to Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife Pratibha Singh in connection with the Rs 10 crore disproportionate assets case.

Both were granted bail on a personal bond of Rs one lakh each and one surety of the like amount.

Apart from Singh, the others accused in the case are Life Insurance Corporation agent Anand Chauhan, his associate Chunni Lal, Joginder Singh Ghalta, Prem Raj, Lawan Kumar Roach, Vakamullah Chandrashekhar and Ram Prakash Bhatia.

A probe had allegedly found that Singh had accumulated assets worth Rs. 6.03 crore in his name and in the name of his family members, which were disproportionate to his known sources of income, during his tenure as the Union Steel Minister from 2009 to 2011.

The CBI, in its chargesheet said that the Chief Minister was in possession of assets worth Rs 10,30,47,946.40 in his own name as well as in the names of his family members.