Mohali, July 23 -- The enforcement directorate (ED) has secured permission to obtain judicial records related to a long-pending CBI case involving World Wide Immigration Consultancy Services (WWICS) founder Colonel B S Sandhu (retd) and others, paving the way for its money laundering investigation.

Special judge (PMLA), Mohali, allowed the agency's application seeking certified copies of key court records, including the FIR, chargesheets and other documents filed in the original CBI case back in December, 2008. The court directed that the records be supplied in accordance with the prescribed procedure.

The ED informed the court that it had initiated a money laundering investigation after registering an enforcement case information repor...