ED Raids Haryana MLA Surender Panwar In Money Laundering Case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) today conducted raids at the homes of Haryana Congress MLA Surender Panwar in connection with a money laundering case linked to mining. Along with Panwar, the ED also raided former Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) MLA Dilbagh Singh in the same case. However, the raids that began late Wednesday night continued today.

However, Panwar is a current MLA from Sonipat, and Singh is a former MLA from Yamunanagar, and both are in the mining business. In this regard, the ED raided at least 20 locations linked to the two political leaders, and their close aides were raided in Yamunanagar, Sonipat, Mohali, Faridabad, Chandigarh, and Karnal. Meanwhile, the raids are under way after multiple FIRs were registered by the Haryana Police in the past regarding mining in Yamunanagar and Sonipat districts in the state.

Both Panwar and Singh were the richest candidates in the 2019 Haryana Assembly polls. On the namination papers, Panwar had declared total assets of Rs 27 crore, and Singh had declared assets of Rs 34 crore. Panwar contested on a Congress ticket from Sonipat and defeated the BJP’s Kavita Jain by a margin of over 32,000 votes in the 2019 Haryana Assembly polls.