Former SBS Nagar SSP records statement in illegal mining case

SSP Kanwardeep Kaur recorded her statement as a prosecution witness in the special PMLA court of Jalandhar in the ongoing case against former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew Bhupinder Singh and aides

JALANDHAR Former Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, senior superintendent of police, Kanwardeep Kaur recorded her statement as a prosecution witness in the special PMLA court of Jalandhar in the ongoing case against former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew Bhupinder Singh and aides, filed by the enforcement directorate. The special PMLA judge Rupinderjit Chahal fixed the next hearing in the case on December 14. SSP Kanwardeep Kaur, presently posted in Ferozepur, had only provided the official case records to the enforcement directorate when the federal agency had filed the case.

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In April this year, the enforcement directorate (ED) filed a chargesheet against Bhupinder Singh alias Honey and his aide, Kudratdeep Singh alias Lovie, in the illegal sand mining case under money laundering charges at the special PMLA court in Jalandhar.

The ED had arrested Bhupinder Singh on February 3 ahead of the Punjab assembly elections. The federal agency had recovered nearly ₹10 crore in cash from the possession of Honey and his aides on January 18 during raids at multiple locations in Punjab and found nearly 18 lakh digital pages from their devices.