Ludhiana: The zonal office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) – Jalandhar arrested the nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi He was produced in a Jalandhar court on Friday night in the illegal sand mining case and sent to ED custody till February 8.
After the agency raided the premises of CM’s nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey The ED on January 18 summoned Bhupinder’s confidante Kudratdeep Singh on Thursday in connection with a money laundering case registered against him on the basis of the Punjab Police’s illegal sand mining FIR lodged in 2018 against him.
According to sources, summons have already been sent to the nephew of the CM. He reached the agency’s office around 12 noon, where he was questioned for about 9 hours, but he avoided questions from the officers and was arrested around 9.30 pm. After the arrest, Bhupinder complained of uneasiness and was taken to the Civil Hospital in Jalandhar for a checkup where doctors declared him fit and he was taken back and kept in custody overnight.
Bhupinder was produced before a local court in Jalandhar on Friday afternoon, where the ED sought his remand for 14 days. The judge granted four days’ custody to the ED and allowed Bhupinder’s lawyer to meet him once on alternate days for two hours.
CM’s nephew accepted that the seized money belongs to him
In another revelation, sources claimed that Honey had admitted during his interrogation that the entire amount of Rs 10 crore seized by the ED from him and his associates during the January 18 raids belonged to him (in Ludhiana and Mohali). Rs 8 crore was seized from Honey’s properties. Rs 2 crore from other premises.) However, so far he has failed to produce any evidence or explain the source of the Rs 10 crore cash seized by the ED.
Sources said Bhupinder’s aide Kudratdeep was summoned by the ED recently and he gave his statement. Based on a 2018 Punjab Police FIR against illegal sand mining filed against Kudrat and others, the ED had registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) on November 30, 2021 and collected by the ED against the mine owners and their associates. An inquiry was started to Details of his other businesses and assets to trace the money laundering activities carried out by him.
The ED probe had found that Bhupinder and his friend Sandeep Kumar were directors in companies that Kudratdeep is believed to have laundered the mined money through illegal sand mining. After its investigation, ED teams raided several premises in Punjab of Bhupinder Singh, Sandeep Kumar, Kudratdeep Singh, M/s Pinjore Royalty Company and its partners/shareholders KanwarMahip Singh and Manpreet Singh, Sunil Kumar Joshi, Jagveer Inder Singh and others. Randeep Singh, M/s Providers Overseas Consultants Pvt. Ltd. The search found documents related to sand mining business, property transactions, mobile phones, Indian currency worth over Rs 10 crore, gold worth over Rs 21 lakh and Rolex watch worth Rs 12 lakh.
FIR of 2018
On 7 March 2018, FIR No. 0026 at Police Station-Raho, (District SBS Nagar) under various Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections and 21(1) and 4(1) of Mines and Minerals (Regulation of Development) was recorded. ) Act, 1957. It was mentioned that a team of officers of Mining Department, Civil Administration and Police Department conducted surprise inspection on 7th March, 2018 on a complaint received at Thana-Raho, SBS Nagar regarding illegal sand mining. , As a result, it was found that several mines were being excavated beyond the designated area. Accordingly, several tippers and JCB machines etc. were confiscated. The seized tippers/trucks were found to be filled with sand and the confiscated weigh slips were found to be forged. After this, mining work was stopped at Malikpur mining site and approval of weighing slips was also received. According to the FIR, apart from Malikpur, illegal mining activities were also carried out in Burjtahal Das, Barsal, Lalewal, Mandla and Khosa.
After the agency raided the premises of CM’s nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey The ED on January 18 summoned Bhupinder’s confidante Kudratdeep Singh on Thursday in connection with a money laundering case registered against him on the basis of the Punjab Police’s illegal sand mining FIR lodged in 2018 against him.
According to sources, summons have already been sent to the nephew of the CM. He reached the agency’s office around 12 noon, where he was questioned for about 9 hours, but he avoided questions from the officers and was arrested around 9.30 pm. After the arrest, Bhupinder complained of uneasiness and was taken to the Civil Hospital in Jalandhar for a checkup where doctors declared him fit and he was taken back and kept in custody overnight.
Bhupinder was produced before a local court in Jalandhar on Friday afternoon, where the ED sought his remand for 14 days. The judge granted four days’ custody to the ED and allowed Bhupinder’s lawyer to meet him once on alternate days for two hours.
CM’s nephew accepted that the seized money belongs to him
In another revelation, sources claimed that Honey had admitted during his interrogation that the entire amount of Rs 10 crore seized by the ED from him and his associates during the January 18 raids belonged to him (in Ludhiana and Mohali). Rs 8 crore was seized from Honey’s properties. Rs 2 crore from other premises.) However, so far he has failed to produce any evidence or explain the source of the Rs 10 crore cash seized by the ED.
Sources said Bhupinder’s aide Kudratdeep was summoned by the ED recently and he gave his statement. Based on a 2018 Punjab Police FIR against illegal sand mining filed against Kudrat and others, the ED had registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) on November 30, 2021 and collected by the ED against the mine owners and their associates. An inquiry was started to Details of his other businesses and assets to trace the money laundering activities carried out by him.
The ED probe had found that Bhupinder and his friend Sandeep Kumar were directors in companies that Kudratdeep is believed to have laundered the mined money through illegal sand mining. After its investigation, ED teams raided several premises in Punjab of Bhupinder Singh, Sandeep Kumar, Kudratdeep Singh, M/s Pinjore Royalty Company and its partners/shareholders KanwarMahip Singh and Manpreet Singh, Sunil Kumar Joshi, Jagveer Inder Singh and others. Randeep Singh, M/s Providers Overseas Consultants Pvt. Ltd. The search found documents related to sand mining business, property transactions, mobile phones, Indian currency worth over Rs 10 crore, gold worth over Rs 21 lakh and Rolex watch worth Rs 12 lakh.
FIR of 2018
On 7 March 2018, FIR No. 0026 at Police Station-Raho, (District SBS Nagar) under various Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections and 21(1) and 4(1) of Mines and Minerals (Regulation of Development) was recorded. ) Act, 1957. It was mentioned that a team of officers of Mining Department, Civil Administration and Police Department conducted surprise inspection on 7th March, 2018 on a complaint received at Thana-Raho, SBS Nagar regarding illegal sand mining. , As a result, it was found that several mines were being excavated beyond the designated area. Accordingly, several tippers and JCB machines etc. were confiscated. The seized tippers/trucks were found to be filled with sand and the confiscated weigh slips were found to be forged. After this, mining work was stopped at Malikpur mining site and approval of weighing slips was also received. According to the FIR, apart from Malikpur, illegal mining activities were also carried out in Burjtahal Das, Barsal, Lalewal, Mandla and Khosa.
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