Punjab: ED yet to get records of illicit liquor making unit

PATIALA: Even though the enforcement directorate has started probing the illicit liquor manufacturing unit busted at Gandian village on May 13, investigators are yet to get case records.
On June 11, the ED’s regional office in Jalandhar wrote to the district police seeking record of the case registered at Shambu police station with regard to the illicit liquor manufacturing unit busted in Gandian village.
Deputy director of the enforcement directorate, Naranjan Singh also visited the office of SSP Patiala Mandeep Singh Sidhu on Tuesday to seek the records. However, since two of the persons accused in the illicit liquor manufacturing case are still in police remand, records have not been handed over. Incidentally, Naranajan Singh had also led investigations into the multi-crore synthetic drug racket busted in Punjab, which was masterminded by wrestler-turned-cop-turned-drug lord Jagdish Bhola.
On Thursday, enforcement officer Sanjeev Kumar came to Patiala and met senior police officials for the records but to no avail.
Sources in the police said senior officials of the department had gone to attend the funeral of Naib Subedar Mandeep Singh, who was martyred at Gulwan Valley during the India-China faceoff.