Overview
- The Enforcement Directorate, which on Thursday searched about a dozen sites across Mohali, Chandigarh and Patiala, is probing money laundering tied to alleged fraud in Change of Land Use approvals.
- During a raid at Western Towers in Mohali, bags of cash were thrown from a ninth-floor apartment, and officials recovered roughly ₹21 lakh in ₹500 notes after detaining a driver.
- By late evening, officials said search teams had seized about ₹1 crore in cash, which included the money flung from the Mohali building.
- Searches covered premises linked to the Suntec City project, promoter Ajay Sehgal, ABS Townships, Altus Builders and Dhir Constructions, with investigators examining whether developers cheated buyers and dodged fees owed to GMADA.
- Nitin Gohal is under scrutiny for allegedly arranging political cover for defaulting builders, reports linked him to the chief minister’s OSD, and AAP figures denied any such association while opposition leaders accused the government of corruption.