Delhi liquor 'scam': ED to question Sisodia, arrests Hyderabad businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai

The ED has arrested Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai in the Delhi excise policy money laundering probe.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai in the Delhi excise policy money laundering probe. Pillai represented the “South Group” in meetings with other accused persons when the policy was being formulated and implemented, officials said. The ED will also question arrested Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia inside the Tihar jail on Tuesday as part of its money laundering probe into alleged irregularities in the Delhi excise policy, the officials added.

AAP leader and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia at Rouse Avenue Court in connection with the Delhi excise policy case on Monday, (PTI)

Officials of the ED will reach the Tihar Jail around noon to record the statement of Sisodia under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Sisodia was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in this case last month and he is currently in judicial custody till March 20.

Pillai was taken into custody under the criminal sections of the PMLA on Monday evening following a long session of questioning. He will be produced before a local court where the ED will seek his further custody for interrogation, they said.