Delhi excise policy: ED arrests liquor businessman Sameer Mahendru in money laundering case
The Hindu
Liquor businessman Sameer Mahendru is expected to be produced before a local court where the Enforcement Directorate will seek his further remand
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested liquor businessman Sameer Mahendru in connection with its money laundering investigation into alleged irregularities in the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy, official sources said.
Mr. Mahendru is the managing director of liquor distributor company Indospirit.
Sources said Mr. Mahendru was taken into custody under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after he was put through a night-long questioning session at the agency's office in central Delhi.
Mr. Mahendru is expected to be produced before a local court where the Enforcement Directorate (ED) will seek his further remand.
Mr. Mahendru has been questioned earlier by the CBI, which is also probing the case.
The ED action comes a day after the CBI arrested businessman Vijay Nair in the excise policy case in which Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has been named as an accused.
The money laundering case stems from a CBI FIR and both the federal agencies have undertaken multiple search operations in this case till now.
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