The Enforcement Directorate has summoned PSPCL CMD and IAS officer Basant Garg, Director Industrial Harsharan Kaur Trehan, and two others for questioning in Delhi from 18 Could. Officers stated the summonses had been issued underneath the PMLA in a cash laundering case linked to the arrest of Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora in an Rs 100 crore GST fraud probe.
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The Enforcement Directorate has referred to as senior Punjab officers and two personal individuals for questioning in a cash laundering probe linked to arrested minister Sanjeev Arora, officers stated on Saturday. IAS officer Basant Garg and PSPCL Director Industrial Harsharan Kaur Trehan had been amongst these summoned. The case is tied to an alleged Rs 100 crore GST fraud involving cell phone gross sales.
Officers stated the summonses additionally went to Ludhiana-based Hemant Sood and Jalandhar businessman Chandra Shekhar Aggarwal. Sood runs Findoc Finvest Personal Ltd., described as a monetary funding and stockbroker agency. The 4 have been requested to seem in Delhi from Monday, Could 18. The notices had been issued underneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act.
Enforcement Directorate summons in Sanjeev Arora cash laundering case
Basant Garg, a 2005 batch Indian Administrative Service officer, is the CMD of Punjab State Energy Company Ltd. Officers stated ED questioning of PSPCL officers pertains to a financial institution assure of about Rs 2 crore. The assure was allegedly returned by the utility to an organization stated to be linked to Sanjeev Arora.
Officers additionally stated extra bureaucrats are underneath the company’s scanner on this matter. The listing consists of some IAS and IPS officers, in keeping with officers. The inquiry is being dealt with by the central company in Delhi. The investigation is inspecting wider hyperlinks past the 4 individuals summoned.
Sanjeev Arora arrest and Enforcement Directorate remand in cash laundering case
Sanjeev Arora, 62, was arrested by the ED on Could 9 from an official residence in Chandigarh. Officers stated the arrest adopted raids related to the alleged Rs 100 crore GST fraud case. Arora held the Energy, Trade and Commerce portfolios. After the arrest, the Bhagwant Mann-led authorities assigned the portfolios to different ministers.
On Saturday, a court docket in Gurugram prolonged Arora’s ED custody by two days, officers stated. Arora was produced after a seven-day remand ended. The company had requested for 5 extra days of custody. Officers stated the ED cited shell corporations, benami property purchases, and the necessity to query a number of individuals.
In the course of the first court docket look, Aroras lawyer had stated that the ED case towards his shopper was false and frivolous and no prima facie proof was collected by the investigating officer earlier than arresting him.
Excessive Courtroom problem and linked searches in Sanjeev Arora Enforcement Directorate case
Officers stated the District and Periods Decide granted solely a two-day extension. Individually, the AAP politician has approached the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Courtroom. The petition challenges the ED arrest, officers stated. The court docket proceedings continued alongside the company’s ongoing questioning plans.
Officers stated Sood and Agarwal had been additionally searched by the ED earlier. The searches had been a part of a overseas alternate violation case, officers stated. The matter concerned Sood, Aggarwal, and the minister. The ED summonses now place the 4 earlier than investigators in Delhi from Could 18.
With inputs from PTI
