💫The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted searches at multiple locations in Punjab in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged guava orchards compensation "scam", official sources said.
♈The ED case was registered after the federal agency took cognisance of a Punjab Vigilance Bureau FIR pertaining to alleged embezzlement of nearly Rs 137 crore released as compensation for guava orchards on land acquired by the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA).
👍The premises of some senior government officials and some private persons are being covered, the sources said.
൩The Punjab Vigilance Bureau had arrested a number of people, including some horticulture department officials, in this case, they said.
