The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday performed searches at a number of places in Punjab as a part of a cash laundering probe in opposition to former state police DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar and entities connected to him, officers mentioned.
Officers mentioned round 11 premises in Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Patiala, Nabha and Jalandhar connected to the accused, his friends and suspected benamidars — the house owners in whose identify benami homes are held — are being coated beneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA).
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe stems from a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case registered in opposition to Bhullar on allegations that he sought unlawful gratification thru a intermediary for agreement of a prison case, along side detection of property disproportionate to his recognized assets of source of revenue.
The present searches are aimed toward accumulating additional proof to track proceeds of the alleged crime and establish benami property that are being probed beneath the cash laundering case, ED officers mentioned this morning.
Bhullar, who used to be serving because the Deputy Inspector Common (DIG) of Police (Ropar Vary), used to be arrested by way of the CBI in October 2025 after a scrap broker alleged {that a} bribe used to be demanded from him thru an middleman to settle a case.
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