Ed raid in dharamshala: In the ED raid, two luxury vehicles and more than 60 expensive liquor bottles were recovered from the bases of Assistant Drug Controller Nishant Sarin. In fact, ED raided many places in Himachal, Haryana and Punjab on 22 and 23 June 2025. These raids were conducted against Nishant Sarin, who are currently in Assistant Drug Controller Dharamshala, against him and relatives and acquaintances.
Sarin is accused of taking personal advantage, taking bribe and corruption by misusing the government post. This investigation of ED started on the basis of FIR registered by State Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau of Himachal Pradesh. It was told in the FIR that when Sarin Baddi was an assistant drug controller, he took advantage of his post wrong. In the same case, he was arrested first and later a charge sheet was also filed, including the name of another accused Komal Khanna. After receiving the bail, Nishant Sarin was posted as Dharamshala in September 2024.
Another FIR lodged against Sarin and Komal Khanna
According to the ED, earlier in the year 2022, Haryana Police also registered another FIR against Sarin and Komal Khanna. The case is related to the Zhenia Pharmaceuticals Company of Panchkula, in which it is alleged that Komal Khanna’s partnership was increased from 50% to 95% and fake papers were made for this. Many important documents have been recovered in the ED raid. These include licenses issued to pharmaceutical companies, show-cose notices, clearance papers, property related documents and digital devices like mobile, laptop, pen drive.
Two luxury vehicles seized
Apart from this, two luxury vehicles which cost around 32 lakhs. More than 40 bank accounts, fixed deposits and 3 lockers have been freezed. Not only this, more than 60 expensive and liquor bottles have also been found from his house in Chandigarh. According to ED sources, there have been complaints of forced recovery on Nishant Sarin, despite being ADC in Dharamshala. Along with this, investigation of money transactions between their family members and pharmaceutical companies is also going on.