Punjab ED raids: Rs 6 crore cash, documents recovered from residence of CM Channi's nephew, his associates

By  Jasleen Kaur January 18th 2022 11:26 PM -- Updated: January 19th 2022 11:14 AM

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday recovered some property-related documents and Indian currency worth more than Rs 6 crore from the residence of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey and his associates. The amount of cash found at the residential premises of Bhupinder Singh Honey, Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew, in Mohali is around Rs 4 crore, and around Rs 2 crore were recovered from the premises of Sandeep Kumar in Ludhiana. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday raided multiple locations, including the residence of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey in Mohali, as part of a money laundering probe against companies involved in illegal sand mining in the state. The ED covered at least 10 other places across Punjab. Also read | Punjab reports 6,641 Covid-19 cases, 26 deaths in last 24 hours In the FIR relating to Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew, a team comprising officials of the Mining Department, Civil Administration and Police Department made a surprise check on his residence on the basis of a complaint received at the Rahon police station, SBS Nagar, regarding illegal sand mining. Consequently, it was found that several mines were being excavated by various machines and mining was being carried out beyond the designated area. Subsequently, the mining operation at the Malikpur mining site was stopped and also the approval of weighment slips was stopped by the team.

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यह बात किसी से छिपी नहीं है कि पंजाब में रेत खनन माफिया और कांग्रेस सरकार एक ही थाली के चट्टे-बट्टे हैं। ईडी के छापे में सबूत साफ नजर आ रहा है। चन्नी जी सफाई देने से पहले अपनी पार्टी के ही वरिष्ठ नेताओं से पूछ लें पंजाब में अवैध खनन माफिया किसकी शह पर इतना मजबूत हुआ है। हम बोलेंगे तो बोलोगे कि बोलता है! #Punjab - Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (@gssjodhpur) 18 Jan 2022
As per the FIR, apart from Malikpur, illegal mining activities were also carried out at Burjtahl Das, Barsal, Lalewal, Mandala and Khosa. Also read | Health Ministry issues revised clinical guidance for Covid patients; read details -PTC News

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