CHANDIGARH: Punjab police on Monday registered an FIR towards former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew Bhupinder Singh alias Honey, presently on bail in cash laundering case, and his aide Kudratdeep Singh alias Lovie for unlawful mining within the space of Malikpur mining web site in Nawanshahr district in 2017.
The FIR has been registered on Monday beneath sections 21(1) and 4(1) of the Mines and Minerals (Improvement and Laws) Act, sections 379 (theft), 406 (prison breach of belief), 420 (dishonest), 465 (forgery), 471 (utilizing as real a cast doc) and 120B (prison conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and part 15 of the Setting Safety Act at police station Rahon.
The police have additionally despatched a discover to Honey to hitch the investigation on this case, whereas Lovie, presently in Kapurthala jail, might be introduced on manufacturing warrant on Tuesday. IG state police headquarters Sukhchain Singh Gill knowledgeable that the Enforcement Directorate(ED) was investigating this case and had, in its letter on Might 9, knowledgeable the Nawanshahr police about seizure of 73 weighment slips dated November 10, 2017, throughout searches, apart from particulars of extra output of sand to the mining division from unlawful mining at Malikpur sand mining web site. In the long run of yr 2021, the ED Jalandhar officers had carried out searches on the premises of Honey and Lovie and located varied undiscriminating paperwork, digital units, and money to the tune of Rs 9.97 crore relatable to the proceeds of crime generated by the use of unlawful sand mining actions on the Malikpur web site.
The IG headquarters stated that primarily based on the ED data, the Nawanshahr SSP had instantly constituted a SIT beneath the supervision of SP (investigation) Nawanshahr for additional probe. Thereafter, the SIT discovered that each the accused had carried out unlawful mining in that space utilizing heavy equipment leading to violating the provisions of setting clearance issued by state degree setting authority. The IG additional added that the accused individuals additionally used faux 73 weighment slips dated November 10, 2017, which had been recovered by the ED in the course of the searches.
“The police additionally discovered particulars of the output of sand greater than reported to the mining division which was corroborated by the mining division by way of its letter dated June 29, 2022 referring to lesser output of sand proven to the mining division which led to monetary loss to the state exchequer,” he added.
The FIR has been registered on Monday beneath sections 21(1) and 4(1) of the Mines and Minerals (Improvement and Laws) Act, sections 379 (theft), 406 (prison breach of belief), 420 (dishonest), 465 (forgery), 471 (utilizing as real a cast doc) and 120B (prison conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and part 15 of the Setting Safety Act at police station Rahon.
The police have additionally despatched a discover to Honey to hitch the investigation on this case, whereas Lovie, presently in Kapurthala jail, might be introduced on manufacturing warrant on Tuesday. IG state police headquarters Sukhchain Singh Gill knowledgeable that the Enforcement Directorate(ED) was investigating this case and had, in its letter on Might 9, knowledgeable the Nawanshahr police about seizure of 73 weighment slips dated November 10, 2017, throughout searches, apart from particulars of extra output of sand to the mining division from unlawful mining at Malikpur sand mining web site. In the long run of yr 2021, the ED Jalandhar officers had carried out searches on the premises of Honey and Lovie and located varied undiscriminating paperwork, digital units, and money to the tune of Rs 9.97 crore relatable to the proceeds of crime generated by the use of unlawful sand mining actions on the Malikpur web site.
The IG headquarters stated that primarily based on the ED data, the Nawanshahr SSP had instantly constituted a SIT beneath the supervision of SP (investigation) Nawanshahr for additional probe. Thereafter, the SIT discovered that each the accused had carried out unlawful mining in that space utilizing heavy equipment leading to violating the provisions of setting clearance issued by state degree setting authority. The IG additional added that the accused individuals additionally used faux 73 weighment slips dated November 10, 2017, which had been recovered by the ED in the course of the searches.
“The police additionally discovered particulars of the output of sand greater than reported to the mining division which was corroborated by the mining division by way of its letter dated June 29, 2022 referring to lesser output of sand proven to the mining division which led to monetary loss to the state exchequer,” he added.