Chandigarh: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Dr Amandeep Kaur Arora, an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Moga, Punjab, to appear for questioning on November 25 in connection with an ongoing investigation into alleged land irregularities and financial impropriety.
The summons follows a comprehensive 36-hour search and seizure operation conducted by the agency last week across seven locations associated with the MLA, her family members, and close associates in Punjab. The ED’s financial probe is reportedly based on a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case, which was initiated following a Punjab Police First Information Report (FIR) filed in June 2024 at the Dharamkot police station in Moga district.
Information was available with The Chenab Times indicating that the initial police investigation uncovered alleged irregularities concerning the fraudulent mutation of government, municipal, and trust lands. These lands were reportedly acquired for the construction of National Highway 754A, with allegations of wrongful disbursement of compensation funds into private accounts.
According to details provided by ED officials, the investigation stems from an FIR registered at the Dharamkot police station against Navdeep Singh, a patwari, Dilkush Kumari, and other individuals. The FIR alleged manipulation of revenue records for government land in Adhraman village, which purportedly led to the erroneous disbursal of ₹1,00,65,724 as compensation for land acquired for National Highway 754A. The ED stated that this compensation was credited to Dilkush Kumari’s bank account, which was subsequently frozen. Agency officials have alleged the involvement of the Moga MLA, her husband, and their associates in diverting these funds.
The agency also alleged fraudulent acquisition or transfer of Central Government, Punjab Government, Market Committee, Municipal Corporation, and church trust land in Moga, in favour of the MLA’s relatives and associates. Among the properties cited are 52 marlas and 8 sarsahis belonging to the United Church of Northern India Trust Association.
During its searches, the ED reported the recovery of documents and electronic devices that allegedly indicate the existence of benami properties. These recovered materials are currently under examination by the agency to ascertain their role in the alleged financial irregularities.
MLA Amandeep Kaur Arora has publicly denied the allegations leveled against her. She asserted that the alleged manipulation of land records is unrelated to her, stating that the matter pertains to the Dharamkot area and that the land acquisition and subsequent payments were processed during the previous Congress regime.
The Moga MLA further claimed that neither her family members nor her relatives are involved in any of the properties that the ED has referenced in connection with the alleged fraudulent transactions. She has stated her intention to collect and present all relevant records pertaining to these properties directly to the Enforcement Directorate.
The Chenab Times News Desk
