India, Oct. 14 -- In a major crackdown on corruption within the Punjab Police, the Enforcement Directorate (ED)'s Chandigarh Zonal Office on October 9 arrested former Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Harcharan Singh Bhullar, who once headed the Ropar Range, under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

The Special Court (PMLA) in Chandigarh has granted the agency eight days of custody to interrogate the senior officer in a case involving alleged disproportionate assets and the laundering of proceeds of crime.

This arrest is a significant step in an investigation that started after the CBI and the Anti-Corruption Branch in Chandigarh filed FIRs against Bhullar, an alleged middleman named Krishanu Sharada, and oth...