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ED Raids Himachal Assistant Drug Controller in Money Laundering Probe

Searches of five properties tied to ADC Nishant Sareen were conducted for evidence of money laundering, bribery, extortion involving his close relatives plus an associate.

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The officer or his legal representatives could not be contacted immediately for a comment on the charges made by the ED.f (File)

Overview

  • The Enforcement Directorate on June 22 raided five residential and commercial properties in Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab linked to ADC Nishant Sareen, his father-in-law Ramesh Kumar Gupta and associate Komal Khanna.
  • The PMLA case stems from an August 2019 FIR by the State Vigilance and Anti-corruption Bureau accusing Sareen of accepting bribes from pharmaceutical companies in Baddi.
  • Sareen was arrested in September 2019 on corruption charges and released on bail in October before being reinstated as ADC in Dharamshala in 2024.
  • ED sources say the investigation targets alleged misuse of office for extortion, political patronage and the generation of proceeds of crime.
  • Investigators are examining financial records and interviewing witnesses as the money laundering probe progresses.