Probe agency ED raids multiple locations in Punjab in money laundering case

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Uorfi Javed, an actor and reality star, is known for her fashion which has been described as bizarre by some, and creative by others. Her sartorial choices have often won her accolades, but at times have also triggered controversy. Her latest post, where she recreated actor Rajpal Yadav’s look from the movie ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’, is being targeted by trolls with some even sending death threats to the actor.

For Halloween, Uorfi Javed dressed up as ‘Chhote Pandit’, the character played by Rajpal Yadav in the hit film. Just like the character, she painted her face red and wore an orange dhoti and a red top. She put a marigold garland around her neck and 2 incense sticks on her ears to complete the look.

As soon as the ‘Bigg Boss’ fame actor shared the video on Instagram, several users urged her to take it down as it was “insulting and aimed at offending Hindus”.

The 26-year-old said that she was getting death threats over the video, and shared screenshots of the emails she had received.

“I’m just shocked and appalled by this country mahn , I’m getting death threats in recreating a character from a movie where as that character didn’t get any backlash :/ (sic)” Uorfi Javed said on X (formerly Twitter).

In one of the emails shared by the actor, a man named Nikhil Goswami urges her to delete the video or he will kill her.

In another, a man asks her how she is defaming the Hindu religion. ‘Live your life, I will shoot you at the intersection,” Rupesh Kumar wrote in the mail.

Uorfi Javed is known for participating in TV reality shows such as Bigg Boss OTT and MTVSplitsvillaX4. She often makes headlines for her bold choice of clothing and unfiltered remarks.

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted searches at multiple locations in Punjab, including at the premises of AAP MLA Kulwant Singh, as part of a drugs-linked money laundering investigation, official sources said.

Locations in Mohali, Amritsar and Ludhiana are being covered by the federal probe agency along with an escort of central paramilitary forces personnel.

The premises linked to SAS Nagar Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Kulwant Singh, 61, in Mohali are also being covered, they said.

The ED action is being undertaken under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and is understood to be based on an FIR of the Punjab Police related to a narcotics and drugs trafficking case.

The MLA recently was in news after Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit asked Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to take “strict action” against the legislator’s real estate company whose two projects allegedly violated environmental norms.

The two projects in Mohali are being developed by Janta Land Promoters Limited (JLPL), which is owned by Singh.