ED Attaches Rs 5.41 Crore in Assets Linked to Punjab 'Dunki' Route Agents

Overview

• The attachment targets properties held by agents Shubham Sharma, Jagjit Singh and Surmukh Singh and their family members.
• The assets include agricultural land, residential and business premises, and bank accounts identified as proceeds of crime under the PMLA.
• The ED says its probe stems from FIRs filed by Punjab and Haryana Police after the US returned 330 Indians on military cargo planes in February 2025.
• Searches on July 9 and 11 at 19 locations recovered bogus immigration and visa stamps, records and digital devices, according to the agency.
• Investigators allege clients were promised legal travel, routed via South America to cross the US–Mexico border, and subjected to extortion and abuse, with the money-laundering case still in progress.