26 July 2024

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in Jalandhar filed a prosecution complaint on July 5, 2024, against Gurdeep Singh, a former village Sarpanch, and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The complaint relates to illegal assets acquired through narcotics smuggling. The court acknowledged the complaint on July 20, 2024. Earlier, the ED had attached assets worth approximately Rs. 6.48 Crore, which was confirmed by the Adjudicating Authority on July 7, 2023. This action followed an FIR by the Punjab Police's Special Task Force involving various criminal charges.