India, July 17 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has granted interim bail to Rajan Arora, son of AAP legislator from Jalandhar Central Raman Arora, in a corruption case registered against the father-son duo by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau in May.

The MLA was arrested on May 23 following a month-long investigation in the alleged corruption and extortion racket being run under his patronage. His son Rajan Arora along with other close relative Raju Madaan were also nominated in the case. Rajan was evading arrest since then and moved the high court for relief.

Hearing the petition on Wednesday, the HC had put a stay on Rajan's arrest till September 24 and directed him to join the vigilance bureau investigation. The VB had already issued a...