Chandigarh, Oct. 13 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has reportedly registered a money laundering case through its Jalandhar office in connection with corruption allegations against Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's Officer on Special Duty (OSD), Rajbir Singh Ghuman, adding a fresh dimension to the investigation into an alleged racket involving government transfers, postings, contracts and land-related approvals.
The reported development comes a day after the Supreme Court granted Ghuman and other accused interim protection against coercive action in a case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), while declining to stay the FIR or halt the investigation.
The fresh ED proceedings have been reported by local media, a...