Punjab Assembly Elections 2022: ED raids at Punjab CM's nephew, recovers Rs 3.9 crore

The ED on Tuesday morning has conducted raids at the residence of Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey in an illegal sand mining case. The sources also revealed that the Ten other places have also been raided in Punjab on the same day. 

Now the reports are coming that the ED  has recovered Rs 3.9 crore more from the residential premises of Punjab Chief Minister's nephew Bhupinder Singh Honey during raids. An ED official said that around Rs 10.7 crores recovered so far, in the raid. 

Yesterday, Punjab CM Chaani, also responded to this matter he said, “They’re targetting me and trying to put pressure on me in view of upcoming Assembly polls. This is not good for democracy. We’re ready to fight this. The same thing happened during Bengal elections.” 

Also, the elections will be held to elect 117 members of the Legislative Assembly in Punjab. This year the main competition will be between two ruling parties  Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). The Punjab election was going to be held on a single-phase on February 14 but now it changed to 20th February.