Punjab (The Stellar News) Saksham Kalia: The enforcement directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested Former Punjab MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira in Money laundering case probed against him and others, officials said.
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Officials said that 56 yr old khaira was taken into custody by the central probe agency in Punjab under provisions of the prevention of money laundering Act (PMLA). The agency had conducted raid in his premises in march this year.
Khaira won the assembly election in 2017 from the Bholath Assembly seat in Punjab’s Kapurthala district on an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ticket.
He resigned from the primary membership of the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP in January 2019 and floated his own outfit, the Punjab Ekta Party. He then re-joined the Congress.
