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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday conducted searches at several locations in Punjab as part of a money laundering probe against former state police DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar and entities linked to him, officials said.

 

Officials said around 11 premises in Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Patiala, Nabha and Jalandhar linked to the accused, his associates and suspected benamidars — the owners in whose name benami properties are held — are being covered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

 

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe stems from a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case registered against Bhullar on allegations that he sought illegal gratification through a middleman for settlement of a criminal case, along with detection of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.

 

The current searches are aimed at collecting further evidence to trace proceeds of the alleged crime and identify benami assets which are being probed under the money laundering case, ED officials said this morning.

 

Bhullar, who was serving as the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police (Ropar Range), was arrested by the CBI in October 2025 after a scrap dealer alleged that a bribe was demanded from him through an intermediary to settle a case.

 

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