Delhi Excise policy case | ED arrests AAP in-charge, Hyderabad businessman in money laundering case
The Hindu
The two are currently in judicial custody and lodged in jail in New Delhi after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested them in the same case.
The ED has arrested Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) communication in-charge Vijay Nair and businessman Abhishek Boinpally in connection with its ongoing money laundering probe into the Delhi Excise policy that was scraped following corruption allegations, official sources said Monday.
The two are currently in judicial custody and lodged in jail in New Delhi after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested them in the same case.
While Nair was arrested by the CBI in September, Boinpally was apprehended last month.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will seek the custody of the two from a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court on Monday, they said.
The ED is investigating the money laundering angle of the case and the two will be confronted with the evidence gathered and statements recorded by other persons and accused involved in the formulation and implementation of the liquor policy, officials said.
The agency has arrested Sameer Mahandru, promoter of liquor company Indospirit, general manager of liquor company Pernod Ricard, Benoy Babu, and P Sarath Chandra Reddy, whole-time director and promoter of Aurobindo Pharma in the case earlier.
It recently informed a local court that ED officials have undertaken as many as 169 search operations in this case so far.
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