Jalandhar, Oct. 20 -- Ludhiana commissioner of police Swapan Sharma appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Chandigarh on Monday to face questioning in a money-laundering probe into allegedly fake forensic reports linked to a controversial video of Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann. Summoned under Sections 50 (2) and 50(3) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to appear in person, Sharma arrived at the ED zonal office around 11 am and was quizzed for nearly five hours before leaving the agency's office around 4.30 pm. "The agency has recorded the detailed statement of the officer concerned. If required, Sharma will be summoned again for further questioning," an ED official said. The money-laundering probe stems from a June 23 FIR registered by Gurugram police under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Sections 318 (cheating), 319 (cheating by personation), 336 (forgery), and 340 (forged electronic records), along with provisions of the IT Act. The case was registered following a complaint lodged by Jaspreet Singh, a Sirsa-based forensic expert who alleged that Punjab officials pressured, threatened, and coerced him at the Ludhiana cyber police station to procure favourable forensic findings. Investigators allege Rs.10 lakh was routed through bank accounts in Gurugram's commercial banking jurisdiction to manufacture fake reports. Gurugram police subsequently arrested two individuals, Arun Mohindru and Ankit. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Mann have repeatedly maintained that the clip was fabricated using artificial intelligence, citing private reports asserting technical manipulation, frame inconsistencies, visual layering, and graphic overlays. Defending the use of external private labs, AAP Punjab president Aman Arora said the move was intended to guarantee an impartial assessment outside state jurisdiction....