Shimla, Nov 26
A team of Enforcement Directorate (ED) comprising of about seven people including a woman Officer has conducted search at a cable operators Office owned by a Punjab based business, confirmed Police source.
The sleuth of ED turn in a Fastway office at around 1130 hrs on Friday today in relation to disproportionate assets and taxes. The above team has been told to arrived here from Chandigarh after conducting similar searched in Punjab including Chandigarh, Ludhiana and Moga etc. The search was still continuing at around 1700hrs.
The business owner Gurdeep Singh is considered close aide of former deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal who was on the scanner of ED related to a multi crore deal. The company came on the scanner of the investigation wing of ED based on the statement of a scammester to probe the trial of a big kick back, official informed.
Recently Gurdeep Singh acquired a local cable network worth crores in the state, agency are searching the proceeds of business operation.
