Kaup: A 60-year-old Mumbai businessman, who had been grievously injured in a road accident in Moolur on Sunday evening, died at a hospital in Udupi on Monday morning.

The deceased businessman is identified as Balakrishna G Poojary, who was the honorary president of the Moolur Brahmashri Narayana Guru Seva Sangha. He had visited his native place a couple of days ago and was staying at his house ‘Shashibhavan’ in Moolur.

Poojary had gone to a shop in Moolur on Sunday evening and was returning home through the National Highway 66, when a car hit him in front of the Muloor Billavara Sangha building.

Poojary, who was injured in the head, was admitted to a private hospital in Udupi, but died as he failed to respond to the treatment at the hospital.

He is survived by his wife, daughter and siblings.

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Chandigarh (PTI): The Enforcement Directorate on Monday conducted searches at multiple locations in Punjab as part of a money laundering probe against former state police DIG Harcharan Singh Bhullar and entities linked to him, officials said.

They said about 11 premises in Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Patiala, Nabha and Jalandhar linked to the accused, his associates and suspected benamidars (the owner in whose name a benami property is held) are being covered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe stems from a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case registered against Bhullar on allegations that he sought illegal gratification through a middleman for settlement of a criminal case, along with detection of assets disproportionate to known sources of income.

The searches aim to trace further proceeds of the alleged crime, identify benami assets and gather evidence related to money laundering, ED officials said.

Bhullar, who was serving as the deputy inspector general (DIG) of police (Ropar Range), was arrested by the CBI in October 2025 after a scrap dealer alleged that bribe was demanded from him through an intermediary to settle a case.