Punjab Newsline | Mohali
Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Punjab-cadre IAS officer Kanwal Preet Brar for questioning on August 18 in connection with a money laundering investigation linked to a project in Mohali.
The summons is related to the Suntek City project, where the agency is probing alleged irregularities in the approval of Change of Land Use (CLU) permissions and the verification of landowners’ consent documents.
According to ED sources, the summons was sent to Brar through email. Investigators are expected to question her about the procedure followed by officials while verifying consent from landowners for the sale of land to the project developer.
The case originated from allegations that consent documents involving around 30.5 acres of land belonging to 15 landowners were allegedly forged. The documents were purportedly used to obtain CLU approvals for the project.
The allegations first surfaced in a police complaint filed in 2020 by a landowner from Palheri village in Mohali. Following a police investigation, an FIR was registered at Mullanpur police station in November 2022 on allegations of forgery and criminal conspiracy.
ED later registered a money laundering case based on the police FIR and conducted searches at multiple locations in Mohali and Chandigarh. The agency also questioned individuals associated with Suntek City, ABS Township and Eltus Space Builders.
The investigation has since widened to alleged irregularities in the functioning of the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) and the Housing Department. The ED has sought records related to CLU approvals granted to Suntek City and other projects.
