ED officials arrived at Arora’s Chandigarh home in the early hours of Saturday. Approximately 20 officials from the ED came in eight vehicles.
Following multiple raids conducted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Chandigarh and at five other locations associated with Punjab’s Power, Industries, Investment Promotion, and Local Government Minister Sanjeev Arora, the agency apprehended the AAP leader in relation to a money laundering investigation.
Previously, the ED conducted an extensive search operation at his official residence located in Sector 2 of Chandigarh.
ED officials arrived at Arora’s Chandigarh home in the early hours of Saturday. Approximately 20 officials from the ED came in eight vehicles. This was the third raid executed on the AAP leader, with a previous search having occurred less than a month earlier.
ED sources indicated that searches took place at five locations in Delhi, Gurugram, and Chandigarh, which included the office of Hampton Sky Realty Limited associated with Arora’s family and Sanjeev Arora’s residence.
“ED has uncovered a significant money laundering case reportedly executed by Sanjeev Arora through his business, involving fraudulent GST purchases of mobile phones exceeding Rs 100 crore, with subsequent exports facilitating the round-tripping of illicit funds from Dubai to India.”
“Numerous fraudulent GST purchase invoices were acquired from non-existent companies in Delhi to falsely claim ITC, export credit GST refunds, and duty drawbacks, resulting in financial loss to the exchequer and personal gain,” an ED official stated.
