ED raids Himachal Assistant Drug Controller
Shimla: In a sweeping crackdown, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted searches against a Himachal Pradesh-based Assistant Drug Controller (ADC), his family members, and several others. The raids are part of an ongoing money laundering investigation linked to charges of bribery, and political patronage, official sources said.
Five residential and commercial premises across Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Punjab were searched as part of the operation.
The action is taken against Nishant Sareen, currently posted as ADC Dharamshala, along with his father-in-law Ramesh Kumar Gupta and an alleged associate, Komal Khanna apart from some others, PTI reported.
The money laundering case filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) stems from a 2019 FIR registered by the State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (SV&ACB) of the Himachal Pradesh Police against Sareen. The FIR was filed during Sareen's tenure as ADC in Baddi—one of India’s major pharmaceutical hubs. He was arrested in September 2019, and later chargesheeted him along with Khanna. Then released on bail a month later, and despite the charges, was appointed as ADC Dharamshala in 2024.
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