The Vigilance bureau officers on Wednesday grilled former Congress MLA Kuldeep Vaid for not less than 5 hours in reference to a disproportionate belongings case.

Vaid was summoned by the vigilance bureau to file his assertion. He appeared together with his chartered accountant.

The vigilance sought his financial institution transaction particulars and requested to submit the identical by June 28.

Senior superintendent of police (SSP, vigilance bureau) Ravinderpal Singh mentioned that the previous MLA was summoned to file his assertion on Monday, however he gave a miss citing some household emergency. On Wednesday, the vigilance bureau recorded his assertion. He has been requested to supply particulars of financial institution transactions.

Vaid reached the vigilance workplace at round 10:30 am and remained there until 3:45 pm.

On March 13 and 14, the technical staff of the vigilance bureau performed back-to-back raids to judge his properties. The Division quantity 5 police had additionally registered an FIR towards him beneath the Excise Act after liquor bottles in extreme portions had been recovered from his residence in Sarabha Nagar.

A 1992-batch Punjab civil service (PCS) officer, who was upgraded to the Indian Administrative Service in 2007, Vaid has served because the Moga deputy commissioner and extra chief administrator of the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority.

He gained the 2017 meeting election from Ludhiana’s Gill constituency on the Congress ticket. He misplaced to Aam Aadmi Party candidate Jiwan Singh Sanghowal within the 2022 meeting polls. Vaid had declared belongings price 21.55 crore as per the affidavit filed in 2022 polls.