Punjab CM Channi with nephew Bhupinder Singh Hiney (ANI file photo) CHANDIGARH: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday evening arrested Bhupinder Singh Honey , the nephew of Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi , in a money laundering case.
Honey was being questioned at the ED’s office in Jalandhar.
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The ED arrested Honey under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
He is likely to be produced later in the day before a special court in Mohali.
The ED’s action came around 20 days after it seized more than Rs 10 crore, gold worth above 21 lakh and a Rolex watch worth Rs 12 lakh from the residential premises of Bhupinder Singh Honey, and others in connection with an alleged illegal sand mining case.
Read Also ED raids homes, offices of Channi nephew in mining case Nearly a dozen homes and offices belonging to a nephew of Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi and some of his aides were searched in concerted raids by the Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday as part of a new probe into money laundering allegations linked to the 2018 illegal sand mining case.The raids
The ED had declared the recoveries after it concluded its two-day raid conducted at the business and residential premises of the accused persons and their associates in over a dozen places in Mohali, Ludhiana, Rupnagar, Fatehgarh Sahib and Pathankot.
The federal agency had also raided the premises of the accused persons and their associates including Kudratdeep Singh, the owner of Pinjore Royalty Company, and his partners and shareholders Kanwarmahip Singh, Manpreet Singh, Sunil Kumar Joshi, Jagveer Inder Singh on January 18 and 19.
The raids were also conducted at the premises of Randeep Singh, the owner of Providers Overseas Consultants Pvt Ltd and its other directors and shareholders including Bhupinder Singh and Sandeep Kumar.The places being searched then included Honey’s Homeland Heights Society residence in Mohali’s Sector-70.
On March 7, 2018, an FIR under sections 21 (1), 4 (1) of the mines and minerals act 1957 and sections 379, 420, 465, 467, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered at Rahon police station of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar after the then chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh spotted illegal mining being carried out between Rahon and Phillaur from his helicopter.
At that time 26 people, including Kudratdeep Singh, were booked in this case for illegal mining after police conducted multiple raids at six places where these operations were on.
Reacting to the ED raids, CM Channi during his interaction with media persons said, “This is nothing except for an attempt to target me, my ministers and Congress workers.” He also alleged that ED action might be a retaliation to the PM security breach incident.
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