GMADA Corruption Probe
Enforcement Directorate Searches GMADA Offices Across Four Cities Over Money Laundering
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The Enforcement Directorate conducted coordinated searches at the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority headquarters and other locations in Mohali, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Delhi as part of investigations into alleged corruption and money laundering linked to GMADA. Investigators examined records involving a reported ₹150-crore Change of Land Use case, the Remigate matter, land acquisitions, property auctions, alleged favors for private developers, and possible waivers of external development charges and interest. At least three floors of the GMADA office were reportedly sealed, while officials’ mobile phones and departmental digital records were taken for examination; senior officials were also questioned. The searches included the office of Punjab Housing and Urban Development Principal Secretary Vikas Garg and followed earlier raids involving private developers and questioning of former senior officials, including IAS officer Kanwalpreet Brar and former Chief Secretary Anurag Verma. The agency has also been examining projects such as Sunteck City in New Chandigarh, while no further arrests or formal findings were publicly confirmed in the reports.
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The searches were conducted with the assistance of CRPF personnel, and ED teams from Jalandhar, Chandigarh and Delhi reportedly arrived at the GMADA headquarters in three vehicles.
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The ED said the searches were connected to FIRs registered by investigative agencies, providing the stated legal basis for the money-laundering probe.
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The agency had summoned the Mohali senior superintendent of police on September 10, seeking records and information related to the investigation.
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An earlier May 7 search linked to the Sunteck City and CLU investigation reportedly involved cash being thrown from a ninth-floor flat in Kharar; about ₹21 lakh was subsequently recovered, according to the report.
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Punjab BJP president Kewal Singh Dhillon used the allegations to attack the AAP-led state government, citing an AAP MP’s reported acknowledgment of bribery and alleging that corruption extended beyond GMADA across Punjab; these were political claims, not findings established by the ED in the reports.
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