At least three leaders affiliated with the Shiromani Akali Dal had been named in the Enforcement Directorate’s chargesheet within the Rs 10,000-crore Bhola drug case in Punjab.
Of them, two, Sarwan Singh Phillaur and his son Damanvir Phillaur switched to the Congress before the 2017 state elections. The third is former SAD legislator Avinash Chander. The three face charges under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
Jagdish Bhola was a deputy superintendent of police who was mentioned to have run a drug cartel in Punjab. He was arrested in November 2013. When his Mohali residence was raided, drugs worth over Rs 100 crore had been recovered, Hindustan Times reported. He had been assisted by a number of politicians. Apart from Bhola, former SAD leader Jagjit Singh Chahal was additionally an accused within the case.
The ED’s eight,400-page chargesheet was filed at a PMLA courtroom in Mohali, and names 12 individuals. That is the first time two outstanding politicians had been named in its chargesheet within the case. The ED has confiscated a number of properties in reference to the case.
