ED arrests Congress MLA Surender Panwar for money laundering linked to illegal mining in Haryana’s Yamunanagar.
Congress MLA Surender Panwar was nabbed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case related to illegal mining in Yamunanagar and elsewhere. The detention is one of the steps taken to prevent mining-related crimes. It may be noted that in January, ED raided several properties of Panwar and his aides including BJP leader Manoj Wadhwa as well INLD MLA Dilbagh Singh (arrested later). The genesis of this money laundering case is the FIRs lodged by Haryana Police while probing illegal mining of boulders, gravel and sand in Yamuna Nagar. The ED is also investigating the ‘e-ravan’ system, a web-based enterprise of Haryana government for computerizing duty accumulation to end evasion. In July 2022, Panwar resigned as assembly speaker alleging lack of safety.
