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Income Tax raids on former Congress MLA Joginder Pal’s house, farm house and crusher from Halka Bhoa in Pathankot in Punjab. The Income Tax team reached Joginder Pal’s house in Sujanpur on Friday. After this his crusher and farm house were raided.
According to sources, searches have also been conducted at the houses of several close relatives of Joginder Pal. For a long time, the Income Tax Department’s eyes were on Joginder Pal’s income and income sources during his tenure. Former MLA Joginder Pal, a big businessman of sand, has been in the news during his tenure.
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Former Congress MLA Joginder Pal.
Joginder Pal has been arrested in illegal mining case
Earlier, former MLA Joginder Pal has also been arrested by the police for illegal mining. The police had taken him on remand for two days. At that time Joginder Pal was referred from Guru Nanak Dev Medical College, Amritsar to PGI due to deteriorating health.
Police had registered a case against five people
On June 8 this year, on the complaint of a mining officer, the police raided the Krishna stone crusher in Kidi Khurd. Police teams had seized Poklane machine, JCB and tractor-trolley from the spot for illegal mining. Poklane driver Sunil Kumar and crusher employee Prakash had fled from the spot. After investigation, the police had registered a case against a total of five people including Joginder Pal’s wife Krishna, another partner Lakshya Mahajan.