Jalandhar, Feb 04: Major blow to Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi ahead of the Punjab Election, Enforcement Directorate arrested Channi's nephew in connection with the multicrore illegal sand mining case. ED nabbed Bhupinder Singh Honey after day-long grilling. He has been placed under arrest under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

 

 

Following his medical at the Civil Hospital, Honey was taken to the ED office in Jalandhar. He will likely be produced in front of a special court in Mohali.

It should be noted that ED officials had carried out searches at the residence of Honey and recovered Rs 8 crore from the premises. Moreover, ED also recovered gold worth more than Rs 21 lakh, and a Rolex watch worth Rs 12 lakh from the residential premises of Bhupinder Singh Honey and others in connection with the alleged illegal sand mining case in a raid conducted on January 18. The raids were conducted at 10 locations in Ropar, Fatehgarh Sahib, and Pathankot, among others.

 

 

 

However, CM Channi has dismissed the allegations against his relative as a political vendetta ahead of the Punjab election that is due on February 20.

 

The ED had initiated a money-laundering investigation on the basis of an FIR registered at Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar police station in March 2018.

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