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Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann connected Tuesday (June 9, 2026) slammed the Modi authorities for "harassing traders" aft the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) conducted raids successful a wealth laundering probe involving Punjab Minister Sanjeev Arora. "Hindu traders from Punjab are the backbone of our State's economical improvement and person made a important publication to gathering 'Rangla Punjab'," Mr. Mann said successful a station connected X successful Hindi.
Attacking the BJP, whom the AAP often calls "ED party", Mr. Mann said, "The ED enactment wants to harass our traders by misusing Central agencies. By doing so, they are attempting to coerce them into joining their fold done governmental pressure, thing Punjabis volition perfectly not tolerate. We basal with our traders".
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) connected Tuesday (June 9, 2026) conducted caller searches successful a wealth laundering probe involving Mr. Arora and immoderate others successful an alleged ₹100 crore GST fraud lawsuit linked to the merchantability of mobile phones. They said astir six premises successful Jalandhar and Ludhiana successful Punjab, and Bareilly and Noida successful Uttar Pradesh are being searched.
Mr. Arora, 62, was arrested by the Central bureau past period pursuing day-long searches astatine his authoritative residence successful Chandigarh. He is presently successful judicial custody. He was the Minister for Power, Industry and Commerce. After his arrest, the Punjab authorities had allocated his portfolios to different Ministers. He is simply a salient Hindu look for the AAP successful Punjab and is simply a Ludhiana-based industrialist.
