Chandigarh; Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora has challenged his arrest and remand by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) within the Punjab and Haryana Excessive Court docket. Arora filed a petition earlier than the Excessive Court docket in search of reduction towards the ED motion, and the matter is anticipated to come back up for listening to on Tuesday afternoon.
The ED had raided Arora’s authorities residence in Chandigarh on Saturday earlier than arresting him later within the night. Following the arrest, he was produced the identical evening earlier than a particular PMLA (Prevention of Cash Laundering Act) courtroom in Gurugram. After listening to the ED’s arguments, the courtroom despatched Arora to seven days of ED remand until Could 16.
The case is linked to an alleged faux GST billing and cash laundering racket involving transactions price greater than ₹100 crore. In response to the ED, Arora’s firm, Hampton Sky Realty Restricted, allegedly confirmed purchases of cell phones from a number of faux companies based mostly in Delhi that reportedly existed solely on paper.
Investigators declare that faux invoices had been used to fraudulently receive Enter Tax Credit score (ITC) and GST refunds amounting to crores of rupees. The ED has additionally raised suspicions of “round-tripping,” alleging that faux exports of cell phones had been used as a canopy to route unlawful a refund into India from nations such because the UAE.
In response to the company, a contemporary FIR registered on Could 5, 2026, incorporates proof of suspicious monetary transactions and alleged collusion with bogus suppliers.
