ED Raids 13 Locations in Punjab's Rupnagar in Illegal Minning Case

Jalandhar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday, May 29, is conducting raids at 13 locations in the Rupnagar (Ropar) district of Punjab in an illegal mining case. Until now, cash worth Rs 3 crore has been recovered during the search.

Illegal mining was being done on land near the Ropar district which was booked by ED based on FIRs of Punjab Police. Some of the accused in this alleged illegal mining case include Nasibchand and Shree Ram crushers. 

Furthermore, this case is commonly known as the Bhola drug case to identify the alleged "kingpin", wrestler-turned-policeman-turned-"drug mafia" Jagdish Singh alias Bhola.

Bhola was arrested by the ED in January 2014 and the case is currently in trial before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Punjab. The Bhola drug case is currently at a crucial stage of trial before the Special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court. 

The drugs money laundering case pertains to a multi-crore synthetic narcotics racket that was unearthed during 2013-14 in Punjab.

(Inputs from Shawan Sen)