Goraya bizman Gaba surrenders

THE ACCUSED, WHO APPEARED BEFORE A MOHALI COURT AFTER HIS BAIL PLEA WAS REJECTED BY HIGH COURT, WAS SENT TO JUDICIAL CUSTODY

Mohali:goraya-based businessman Chunni Lal Gaba on Friday surrendered before a Mohali court in connection with a money laundering case against him.

The court sent wheelchairbound Gaba to judicial custody. Gaba surrendered before the court after the Punjab and Haryana high court dismissed his plea seeking anticipatory bail.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had chargesheeted nine members of Gaba’s family, associated with his 11 firms, in connection with the Bhola drug case for the alleged violation of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The nonappearance of Gaba had been hampering the trial.

Besides Gaba, his three sons Gurjit, Gurmesh and Mahesh, father Suresh Kumar, brother Harmesh Gaba, 23-year-old grandson Khushant Gaba, Gurjit’s wife Rekha and Harmesh’s wife Sudesh Rani were booked.

The ED’S chargesheet had listed 11 firms, jointly owned by the Gaba family, and their properties at Phillaur, Goraya and Una (Himachal Pradesh).

WAS ACCUSED OF TRADING IN SYNTHETIC DRUGS BY BHOLA

The ED had registered the money laundering case after former Punjab Police DSP and alleged drug lord Jagdish Singh Bhola had in January 2014 accused Gaba of trading in synthetic drug pseudoephedrine in association with Delhi-based smuggler Varinder Raja.

Gaba has business interests in cold storage fibre, real estate and pharmaceuticals in Una and Baddi districts of Himachal Pradesh.

Gaba was acquitted in the Bhola drug case while his son Gurjit Singh Gaba alias Monu was convicted and sentenced to 10-year jail.

Their manager Suresh Kumar was awarded 12-year imprisonment.

Gaba was considered to be a close confidante of former jail minister Sarwan Singh Phillaur.