Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora sent to judicial custody in Rs 100 crore money laundering case

GURGAON: A peculiar PMLA tribunal connected Monday sent Punjab Industries Minister Sanjeev Arora to judicial custody successful a wealth laundering case. Arora, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) from Chandigarh connected May 9 successful transportation with an alleged ₹100 crore fake GST billing and laundering racket, had been successful ED custody since his arrest.Before the hearing, Arora’s household members met him concisely connected the tribunal premises—their archetypal gathering since his arrest.Earlier, Special Judge Narendra Sura had directed the ED to let Arora to conscionable his lawyer for 1 hr regular betwixt 10am and 11am, and to supply each indispensable aesculapian facilities and medicines arsenic advised by the aesculapian officer. The tribunal has fixed May 16 arsenic the adjacent day of hearing.

Arora had besides moved an exertion seeking support to name a lawyer of his prime and to motion the vakalatnama.

During the hearing, ED’s Special Public Prosecutor Simon Benjamin raised nary objection. The tribunal accepted the plea and directed the investigating serviceman to let Arora to motion and verify the vakalatnama and manus implicit related documents to his lawyer oregon a household subordinate without delay.The lawsuit involves alleged fake GST bills generated done ammunition companies for mobile telephone trading, with suspected laundering of implicit Rs 100 crore. ED claims that firms linked to Arora conducted suspicious transactions done bogus entities successful Delhi. Raids were carried retired successful Delhi, Chandigarh and Gurgaon arsenic portion of the probe.