Enforcement Directorate recovers Rs 10.7 crore from houses of Punjab CM's kin

Disproportionate asset (DA) worth Rs 6 crore has been recovered from two relatives of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, during the raids conducted on their houses by sleuths from the Enforcement Directorate (ED), said the source.

Ludhiana: The raids were conducted on the premises of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's relative Bhupinder Singh Honey, the main accused in the illegal sand mining case in Mohali. During the raid disproportionate assets worth Rs 10.7 cores were recovered. Sleuths from the Enforcement Directorate raided the houses of relatives of Channi. These raids were pertaining to illegal sand quarrying activities in Punjab.

"Incriminating documents and a sum of unaccounted money of Rs 4 crore were seized during the raid of Bhupinder's house and Rs 2 crore was recovered from Punjab CM's another relative Kapur. These raids were conducted in Ludhiana," added the source.

The matter dates back to 2018 when an FIR had been registered with a police station in Mohali. Though, after the FIR, the illegal sand mining activities had been stopped, the raids by the Enforcement Directorate were conducted recently, stated the source.

Talking about the ED crackdown on illegal sand quarrying, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, said, "I was being targeted. Besides, pressure is being mounted on me ahead of the Punjab Assembly polls. This is not good for democracy. We are ready to fight."