ED arrests Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew in illegal mining case

ED officers stated Honey was arrested beneath the provisions of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA) late at evening, a relative of state Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, and others in reference to an alleged unlawful sand mining case.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized greater than ₹10 crore money, gold price above 21 lakh and a Rolex watch price ₹12 lakh from the residential premises of Bhupinder Singh Honey.

The Enforcement Directorate declares the recoveries after it concluded its two-day raid carried out on the enterprise and residential premises of the accused individuals and their associates in over a dozen locations in Mohali, Ludhiana, Rupnagar, Fatehgarh Sahib and Pathankot.

The ED raids went on from 7.30 am until late evening on Tuesday and it once more began on early Wednesday beneath the provisions of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA).

The federal company stated it raided the premises of the accused individuals and their associates together with Kudratdeep Singh, the proprietor of Pinjore Royalty Firm, and his companions and shareholders Kanwarmahip Singh, Manpreet Singh, Sunil Kumar Joshi, Jagveer Inder Singh.

Honey is the son of Channi’s sister-in-law. On January 18, the company had raided his premises and claimed to have seized about ₹8 crore money.

The Punjab CM earlier alleged {that a} current raid at his relative Bhupinder Singh Honey’s home indicated that it was a ‘revenge’ for the safety breach throughout Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go to to Ferozepur in Punjab.

He added that Enforcement Directorate, Earnings Tax and different businesses are being utilized by the Central authorities with a view to implicate him.

“I’ve come to know that ED stated, ‘Remember PM Modi’s Ferozepur go to.’ This raid displays ‘revenge’. So as to implicate me, my nephew was interrogated for twenty-four hours … The company did not get any proof towards me,” stated Channi whereas addressing a press convention in Chandigarh.

In the meantime, Punjab will go to meeting polls on February 20.

*With inputs from businesses