{"id":58147,"date":"2019-11-28T14:08:51","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T08:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=58147"},"modified":"2019-11-28T14:08:51","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T08:38:51","slug":"ludhiana-court-discharges-punjab-chief-minister-amarinder-singh-and-all-other-accused-in-city-centre-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ludhiana-court-discharges-punjab-chief-minister-amarinder-singh-and-all-other-accused-in-city-centre-case","title":{"rendered":"Ludhiana court discharges Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and all other accused in City Centre case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Rs-1140-crore-Ludhiana-City-Centre-scam.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58157\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ludhiana-court-discharges-punjab-chief-minister-amarinder-singh-and-all-other-accused-in-city-centre-case\/rs-1140-crore-ludhiana-city-centre-scam\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Rs-1140-crore-Ludhiana-City-Centre-scam.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rs 1140 crore Ludhiana City Centre scam\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Rs-1140-crore-Ludhiana-City-Centre-scam.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-58157\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Rs-1140-crore-Ludhiana-City-Centre-scam.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Rs-1140-crore-Ludhiana-City-Centre-scam.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Rs-1140-crore-Ludhiana-City-Centre-scam.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A court here on Wednesday discharged Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and all other accused in the alleged Rs 1,140 crore Ludhiana City Centre scam.<\/p>\n<p>Sessions judge Gurbir Singh accepted the closure report presented by the state vigilance bureau and discharged all the 31 accused.<\/p>\n<p>The charges against us have been rejected, Amarinder Singh told reporters outside the court.<\/p>\n<p>He said he knew from the first day that it was a false case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A court here on Wednesday discharged Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and all other accused in the alleged Rs 1,140 crore Ludhiana City Centre scam. 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