ED makes sixth arrest in excise policy probe
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested businessman Amit Arora in connection with its money laundering probe into the Delhi excise policy 2021-22, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Arora was named an accused in the CBI’s First Information Report (FIR) registered on August 17 to probe alleged irregularities in the formulation and implementation of the nowscrapped policy.
Delhi’s deputy chief minister
Manish Sisodia was also named as an accused in the case. ED is probing the alleged money laundering angle to it.
Officials said Arora, a key player in Delhi’s liquor business, was arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and will be produced in a court.
In its FIR, the CBI claimed a close associate of Sisodia was actively involved in managing and diverting undue pecuniary advantage collected from liquor licencees to accused public servants. The CBI and ED filed their first charge sheets last week.
NEW DELHI: The ED has arrested businessman Amit Arora in connection with its money laundering probe into alleged irregularities in the Delhi excise policy case, officials said Wednesday.
Arora is the director of Buddy Retail Pvt Limited located in Gurugram. This is the sixth arrest in this case by the Enforcement Directorate.
The businessman was arrested last night under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they said.
He is expected to be produced before a local court where the agency will seek his custody, the sources said. The ED case of money laundering stems from a CBI FIR.
The CBI, in its first chargesheet filed in the case last week, claimed that Amit Arora, with two other accused, Dinesh Arora and Arjun Pandey, are “close associates” of Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and were actively involved in “managing” and “diverting” the undue pecuniary advantage collected from liquor licensees for the accused public servants.
The ED also filed its first chargesheet (prosecution complaint) in the case last week, naming arrested businessman Sameer Mahandru, his company Indospirit, and a few other entities.
Both agencies are expected to file more such complaints before the court, as the investigation progresses.