Delhi excise policy case: ED arrests businessman Amit Arora on money laundering charges

New Delhi, November 30: The ED has arrested another businessman, Amit Arora, in connection with the money laundering probe in the Delhi Excise Policy case, official sources said on Wednesday. Arora is the Director of Buddy Retail Pvt Limited located in Gurugram. This is already the sixth detention by ED officers in this case.

Arora was arrested last night under the penal 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, sources said. Delhi Excise case: ED arrests Amit Arora, director of Buddy Retail Pvt Ltd.

The Office of Enforcement the case stems from a CBI FIR. The CBI, in a recently filed charge sheet in the case, alleged that Amit Arora, along with two other accused, Dinesh Arora and Arjun Pandey, are “close associates” of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and were “actively involved in directing and diverting illegal cash. benefit derived from liquor licences’ for the accused public servants.

Last week, the ED also filed its first charge sheet (prosecution complaint) in the case, naming arrested businessman Sameer Mahendra and several other subjects in it.

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