Haryana Cong MLA directed by SC to join probe: ED

Haryana Congress MLA Dharam Singh Chokker has been directed by the Supreme Court to join the probe in a money laundering case in which one of his sons has been arrested and the other is “absconding”, the Enforcement Directorate said on Thursday.

 

Sikandar Singh Chokker was arrested by the federal probe agency from Haridwar in Uttarakhand on April 30. His brother Vikas Chokker is “absconding”.

 

Following his arrest, Sikandar Singh was brought to Haryana’s Gurugram where a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court sent him to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) till May 6.