The vigilance bureau had registered the case on June 2, 2022 over allegations that Dharamsot and his family members had amassed disproportionate assets to the tune of ₹7.02 crore between March 1, 2016, and March 31, 2022.
A special court in Mohali on Friday issued arrest warrants against former Punjab minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act for March 28
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached properties to the tune of ₹4.58 crore of former minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot, one of the accused in the forest scam during Congress regime from 2017-2022 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act
Seeking an extension of his remand, the ED had argued in the court that they had taken him to the Jalandhar unit for questioning, but he was repeatedly changing his statements.
The ED, which is probing an alleged forest scam that took place during the Congress regime from 2017-2022, had grilled Sadhu Singh Dharamsot for nearly six hours on Monday before arresting him after finding his responses unsatisfactory.