Delhi excise coverage case: ED arrests businessman Amit Arora

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Amit Arora, the director of Gurugram-based Buddy Retail, in reference to its cash laundering probe within the Delhi excise coverage case. That is the sixth arrest on this case by the ED.

In accordance with stories, Arora was arrested final night time beneath the felony sections of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA). He’s anticipated to be produced earlier than an area court docket the place the company will search his custody, PTI reported.

On September 27, liquor businessman Sameer Mahandru was arrested by the ED following his questioning.

The ED case stems from a CBI FIR. To date, the monetary probe company has undertaken 169 search operations within the case.

The CBI had earlier alleged that Amit Arora, Dinesh Arora and Arjun Pandey are “shut associates” of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and had been “actively concerned in managing and diverting the undue pecuniary benefit collected from liquor licensees” for the accused public servants.

Delhi’s excise coverage got here beneath the scanner after Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena really useful a CBI probe into the alleged irregularities within the implementation of the scheme. The transfer adopted a report submitted by Delhi Chief Secretary Naresh Kumar on the matter.

In August, the LG had authorised the suspension of 11 officers over “critical lapses” within the implementation of the Excise Coverage 2021-22.

(With inputs from PTI)

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