ED makes BIG claim, says Punjab CM's nephew accepted receiving Rs 10 crore cash for sand mining, transfers in state
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The agency had conducted raids against Honey and others on January 18 and seized about Rs 7.9 crore cash from his premises and another about Rs 2 crore cash from a linked person identified as Sandeep Kumar.
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday claimed that Bhupinder Singh alias Honey, the arrested nephew of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi, has "accepted" that he received Rs 10 crore cash in lieu of facilitating sand mining operations and transfer or posting of officials in the border state.
Honey was taken into custody by the federal probe agency in Jalandhar on February 3 as part of its money-laundering investigation into alleged sand mining operations in Punjab. Honey is the son of Channi's sister-in-law and he is in ED custody till Tuesday.
The agency had conducted raids against Honey and others on January 18 and seized about Rs 7.9 crore cash from his premises and another about Rs 2 crore cash from a linked person identified as Sandeep Kumar.
