The apprehension comes simply days ahead of polling for the 117-member Punjab legal setup. Voting will be held on February 20, while the results will be out on March 10.

Punjab Chief Priest Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew, Bhupendra Singh Honey, has actually been detained by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an unlawful sand-mining situation. The probe company took Honey right into custodianship the other day evening as well as will certainly create him in a CBI court today.

They stated Honey was apprehended under the arrangements of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) late during the night.

The apprehension comes just days ahead of polling for the 117-member Punjab legislative setting up. Voting will certainly be hung on February 20, while the results will certainly be out on March 10.

Last month, ED had actually seized 8 crores throughout a raid at facilities belonging to Honey. The raids were made about the unlawful sand-mining procedures in Punjab.

In a declaration, the Enforcement Directorate had said “incriminating” documents connected to the “unlawful” sand mining and residential property deals, smartphones, gold well worth more than 21 lakh, and a Rolex watch worth 12 lakh were additionally confiscated during the searches.

Reacting to the raids, Mr. Channi had told press reporters that relatives of West Bengal Principal Preacher Mamata Banerjee were plundered during the setting up surveys in that state and also the “same pattern” is being adhered to by the ED in Punjab to “stress” him, his preachers as well as Congress event members.

“We prepare to deal with the pressure …,” he claimed, including, he had no relation to the case.

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Last Updated: 4 Feb 2022