: Punjab chief minister’s nephew raided in relation to alleged illegal sand mining weeks before polls #IndiaNEWS The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday morning raided the home of Charanjit Singh Channi’s

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Punjab chief minister’s nephew raided in relation to alleged illegal sand mining weeks before polls #IndiaNEWS
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday morning raided the home of Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew in connection with alleged illegal sand mining, NDTV reported. The officials also raided 10 other places in Punjab. The central agency is investigating a money laundering case based on a first information report registered in 2018 by the Punjab Police against a person called Kudrat Deep Singh, The Indian Express reported.Kudrat Deep Singh owns a quarry in Nawanshahr town of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab. Channi’s nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey is reportedly a director at one of the companies formed by Kudrat Deep Singh.According to the FIR, a total of 26 people have been booked in the case. In 2018, the police had found 30 trucks carrying sand from area where mining was illegal. The raids on the chief minister’s nephew come weeks before Punjab Assembly elections scheduled to take place on February 20. The results will be declared on March 10.Speaking to reporters, Channi alleged that he was being targeted with the motive of putting pressure on him ahead of the Assembly polls, ANI reported. “When there were polls in West Bengal, such attacks took place on Mamata Banerjee’s relatives,� Channi said, according to PTI. “Now, in the same pattern in Punjab, Enforcement Directorate is trying to put pressure...Read more

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