{
  "id": 4628121,
  "title": "Rs 200 crore Punjab land ‘scam’: 2 IAS officers now central to ED probe",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/rs-200-crore-punjab-land-scam-2-ias-officers-now-central-to-ed-probe",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T10:42:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Indian Express",
    "slug": "the-indian-express",
    "url": "https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/rs-200-crore-punjab-land-scam-2-punjab-ias-officers-now-central-to-ed-probe-10856910/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Two senior Punjab IAS officers are now central to the Enforcement Directorate's investigation into a Rs 200 crore scam allegedly linked to the Suntec City and Altus Space Builders projects. Anurag Verma and Kanwal Preet Brar are being examined for their administrative decisions and official records during their tenures. The ED is investigating administrative trails of Change of Land Use (CLU) permissions and modifications to approved layouts of real estate projects.",
  "summary": null,
  "key_points": [
    "Two senior Punjab IAS officers central to ED probe.",
    "Anurag Verma and Kanwal Preet Brar examined for administrative decisions.",
    "ED investigates CLU permissions and layout modifications."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}