New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the premises of former AAP MLA & Punjab Ekta Party chief Sukhpal Singh Khaira and some others on Tuesday (March 9).
The raid by the ED was in reference to a money-laundering case linked to narcotics trafficking and the creation of an alleged faux passport.
The searches are being carried out at Khaira’s residence in Chandigarh, 5 different areas in Haryana and Punjab and two locations in Delhi.
Khaira was a legislator of the Punjab Ekta Party, which he based in 2019. He is an MLA from Bholath in Kapurthala district. The MLA was elected to the state Assembly in 2017 on an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ticket.
According to information company PTI, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) stated the motion is being carried out towards the Punjab lawmaker and others below provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and is aimed toward gathering extra proof to take ahead the probe.
The staff of ED sleuths had been additionally finishing up searches at Sector 5 residence of Khaira in Chandigarh.
The investigation, below money-laundering expenses, is said to alleged medication trafficking and a faux passport case, they stated.
Just a few accused who’re being investigated in the case are lodged in jail, officers stated
