Summary:
Chandigarh, Jan 18 (PTI) Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said that there was an attempt to put pressure and target him and his ministers as the polling day drew near, hours after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday raided multiple locations in the state as part of a money laundering probe against the "sand mafia" and companies linked to alleged illegal sand mining.
Premises linked to a person, identified as Bhupinder Singh alias Honey, are also being covered under the ED raids.
He is stated to be a relative of Chief Minister Channi.
"When there were polls in West Bengal, such attacks took place on Mamata Banerjee"s relatives.
Now, in the same pattern in Punjab, ED is trying to put pressure, give trouble.
An attempt is being made to create all kinds of pressure," Channi alleged while interacting with reporters.