Chandigarh, April 30: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized assets totaling Rs 1.4 crore following a series of raids targeting suspended Punjab Police DIG H.S. Bhullar. The operations, which took place on April 27, covered 11 distinct locations including the residences and offices of the official and several associates suspected of involvement in money laundering.
The central agency launched the investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after the CBI filed two separate cases against the officer. These initial charges involved allegations of bribery and the possession of assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. Bhullar had previously been taken into custody in October 2025 in connection with a bribery investigation.
The Enforcement Directorate stated that the recent searches yielded significant evidence of financial irregularities and documents detailing money laundering activities. Officials maintained that a substantial amount of cash had been funneled through the bank accounts of various property dealers. These individuals, investigators asserted, lacked any legitimate income that would justify such large-scale land investments.
The agency further declared that these illicit funds were utilized to acquire various real estate holdings under the names of third-party suspects to conceal the true ownership. Seized documents point toward an extensive portfolio of residential and agricultural lands situated in Mohali, Chandigarh, Zirakpur, Ludhiana, and Kapurthala.
