NEW DELHI, May 9: The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday arrested Punjab industries minister Sanjeev Arora in connection with a new money laundering case involving him and several entities allegedly linked to him, officials said.
According to officials, Arora (62) was taken into custody under the PMLAfollowing early morning raids at his official residence in Chandigarh. They noted that he was “non-cooperative” during the investigation and will be brought to Delhi.
The ED conducted searches at five locations across northern India as part of this operation, which included two premises in Delhi and a company named Hampton Sky Realty Ltd in Udyog Vihar, Gurugram.On April 17, the ED raided Arora and his linked entities under the civil provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (.
As part of this action, officials said, the agency provisionally attached on April 19 the movable and immovable assets of Hampton Sky Realty Ltd, its director Arora, and entities linked to him for alleged FEMA violation through bogus sales and exports to the tune of Rs 157.12 crore.Arora, 62, is an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from the Ludhiana West assembly seat. (PTI)
