Congress terms Punjab CM's nephew Bhupinder Honey's arrest as 'political'

New Delhi, February 4: Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha and Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge has termed the arrest of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi's nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey as "political" and said it was being done "to create pressure".

"It is a political arrest and it is being done to create pressure. If action had to be taken against someone, it should have been done over four-five months, not in one single day. It is being done purposely. Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi is a Scheduled Caste CM, they want to hassle and demoralise him," said Kharge. "I've said that agencies are being misused. The government is using them to threaten people, to put pressure on Opposition leaders. This should not be allowed during the elections," Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on the arrest of Punjab CM Channi's nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey by the Enforcement Directorate in illegal sand mining case. Also read | Chandigarh relaxes Covid 19 restrictions; allows hotels, restaurants to open till midnight "We have no objections with the law doing its work...," says Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on the arrest of his nephew Bhupinder Honey. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on late Thursday evening arrested Bhupinder Singh Honey in an illegal sand mining case from Jalandhar after day-long questioning. Honey was being questioned at the ED's office at Jalandhar. He was arrested under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). He is likely to be produced later in the day before a Special Court at Mohali. The ED's action came around 20 days after it seized more than Rs 10 crore, gold worth above 21 lakh and a Rolex watch worth Rs 12 lakh from the residential premises of Bhupinder Singh Honey, and others in connection with an alleged illegal sand mining case. The ED had declared the recoveries after it concluded its two-day raid conducted at the business and residential premises of the accused persons and their associates in more than 10 places in Mohali, Ludhiana, Rupnagar, Fatehgarh Sahib and Pathankot. Also read | India not to attend opening or closing ceremony of Beijing Winter Olympics The federal agency had also raided the premises of the accused persons and their associates, including Kudratdeep Singh, the owner of Pinjore Royalty Company, and his partners and shareholders Kanwarmahip Singh, Manpreet Singh, Sunil Kumar Joshi, Jagveer Inder Singh on January 18 and 19. -PTC News