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Aug
Chandigarh (Gurpreet Singh) — The Punjab and Haryana High Court has issued a notice of motion to the Punjab Cricket Association management and the Enforcement Directorate in connection with alleged financial irregularities and inflated land acquisitions. Hearing a petition filed by former first-class Ranji Trophy cricketer Rakesh Handa, the court directed all key respondents to submit their formal responses by September 18, 2026. The petition alleges that the cricket body acquired large land parcels in Bathinda measuring 18.5 acres and in Amritsar covering 19.5 acres at vastly inflated rates while bypassing mandatory administrative safeguards. According to the plea, agricultural plots…