The ED has filed a charge sheet against Bhupinder Singh Honey, nephew of former Punjab CM Charanjit Channi, in a money laundering case related to illegal sand mining and other activities.
Former Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi and his nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey. (Photo: ANI)
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against Bhupinder Singh Honey, nephew of former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, in a money laundering case related to illegal sand mining and other activities.
Bhupinder Singh Honey has been charged under sections 3 (offence of money laundering), 4 (punishment for money laundering), 44 (offences triable by special courts) and 45 (cognizable and non-bailable offences) of prevention of money . Laundering Act (PMLA).
The financial probe agency has alleged that Bhupinder Singh Honey was the director of a firm formed to launder money earned from illegal sand mining. ED officials took action earlier and recovered Rs 10 crore Search operation in premises owned by nephew of former Punjab CM,
The officials also allegedly recovered various papers related to the mining activities of Kudratdeep Singh’s Malikpur mine as well as recovered and confiscated pages containing handwritten cash entries.
Further investigation revealed that Punjab resident Kudratdeep Singh was involved in illegal sand mining at several places in the state. After an FIR was lodged against him in 2017, the following year, a company named Providers Overseas Consultants Pvt Ltd was registered, in which Kudratdeep Singh was made shareholder, while Bhupinder Singh Honey and his alleged associate Sandeep Kumar were named as directors. was done. company. All three held 33.33 per cent stake in the company.
ED also suspects that Channi’s nephew used his political contacts to provide favorable postings Government officials in lieu of crores of rupees.