Jolt Ahead Of Election: ED Arrests Channi’s Nephew In Money Laundering Case
Chandigarh, Feb 4: Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey was arrested on Friday by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for his alleged involvement in a money laundering case related to illegal sand mining case. ED summoned Honey to its office late Thursday and after nearly 10 hours of questioning the arrest was made early Friday.
The probe agency has also recovered Rs 8 crore cash and other valuables from his premises during a raid conducted last month. The action comes just a fortnight ahead of the Punjab Assembly polls scheduled on February 20. Honey’s questioning got over around midnight and the ED took him to civil hospital for his medical examination and later kept him in a lockup in its office for the night. Honey will be produced before a special PMLA court in Mohali on Friday.
The case pertains to an FIR lodged by Punjab Police against Honey’s partner Kudratdeep Singh of Ludhiana and 25 others on March 7, 2018 at Rahon police station of Nawanshahr under several sections of the Mines and Minerals Act besides other sections of the IPC. The ED took up the illegal sand mining case to probe into the PMLA angle by tracking the account details of the accused.
