Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi’s nephew Bhupinder Singh ‘Honey’ was sent to 14-day judicial custody in illegal sand mining case on Friday, 11 February.
The development comes ahead of the Punjab Assembly elections on 20 February.
The Enforcement Directorate on 7 February said that Honey had received Rs 10 crore cash in lieu of facilitating illegal sand mining and transfer-posting of certain officials.
Honey was arrested following a day-long questioning in Jalandhar on 4 February.