Overview
- Punjab industries minister Sanjeev Arora was arrested Saturday after ED teams raided five locations in Chandigarh, Delhi and Gurugram in a newly registered PMLA case.
- The agency says Arora-linked entities used fake GST purchase bills from non-existent Delhi firms to claim input tax credit and export refunds, then routed money via Dubai to re-enter India as clean funds.
- Searches covered offices of Hampton Sky Realty Ltd and Arora’s residence, and follow April actions in which ED froze bank, demat and property assets while probing suspected Rs 102.5 crore flows through two UAE firms.
- AAP leaders, including Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and Arvind Kejriwal, called the action political misuse of central agencies, while ED officials cited documents and transactions they say show a Rs 100–157 crore fraud.
- Two days earlier, in a separate land-use probe tied to the Suntec City project, ED linked builder Gaurav Dhir as a close associate of AAP’s Aman Arora, seized about Rs 1 crore in cash and noted an NBW against Altus promoter Mohinder Singh.