ED files charge sheet against 12 in money laundering case

Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the multi-crore drug racket case in Punjab, today filed charge sheet against 12 accused in a money laundering case here.
The charge sheet was filed in the special court of Judge H S Madan.
The court fixed March 5 as the next date for arguments in the case, defence lawyer Satish Karkara said.
The ED had already filed the charge sheet against the alleged kingpin and dismissed DSP of Punjab Police, Jagdish Bhola, in Rs 6,000 crore drug racket case.
The charge sheet was filed against - Anoop Singh Kahlon, Manpreet Singh Manni, Sukhjit Singh Sukha, Maninder Singh Bittu, Varinder Raja, Harpreet Singh, Devinder Singh Happy, Gurdeep Singh Manchanda, Ankur Bajaj, Anil Bajaj, Subash Bajaj and Bajaj foreign exchange pvt limited.

Around 50 persons are under scanner of the ED for having business links with Arjuna awardee wrestler-turned-druglord Bhola, who was arrested by Punjab police in November 2013.
ED is conducting an inquiry to ascertain use and flow of money, which Bhola and his associates had allegedly generated from their drug business, and submitted the charge sheet in Patiala court.
Bhola's counsel Satish Karkara said while ED had refrained from mentioning all the names of the suspects in the charge sheet citing ongoing investigation, it mentions 12 persons, including NRI drug smuggler Anoop Singh Kahlon, who was arrested by Fatehgarh Sahib police with Rs 132 crore heroin in March 2013.