According to the ED, in the money laundering case registered in Haryana on Monday, properties worth Rs 122 crore of Congress MLA Surendra Pawar, former Legislative Council member Dilbag Singh and other accused have been attached.
The properties that have been confiscated include more than 100 acres of agricultural land and immovable properties. According to the central investigating agency, these properties are registered to individuals and entities of a syndicate run by Dilbagh Singh and Surendra Panwar involved in illegal sand mining activities in Yamunanagar district of Haryana. In this case, the ED has recently arrested 55-year-old Congress MLA from Sonipat, Dilbagh Singh, from different locations.
The properties that have been attached are located in Sonipat, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Karnal, Yamunanagar, Chandigarh and other districts of Punjab and Haryana. These properties are in the name of Dilbag Singh, Panwar, Inderpal Singh, Manoj Wadhwa, Kulwinder Singh, Angad Singh Makkar and Bhupinder Singh. An order was passed by the ED under the PMLA Act to attach the properties. This money laundering case was registered by the ED on the basis of FIRs lodged in various police stations in connection with illegal sand mining activities by mining lease holders in the Yamunanagar area.