The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Raman Arora under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with a corruption case. Arora was earlier arrested by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) in the same matter.
Sources indicate that Arora has been directed to appear before the ED's Jalandhar office next week. The Vigilance Bureau had arrested Arora on May 23 in a corruption case linked to alleged irregularities in the municipal corporation's building branch.
The case was initially registered against assistant town planner (ATP) Sukhdev Vashisht following a complaint. According to the VB, investigations revealed that the ATP, allegedly in consultation with Arora, issued notices to owners of residential and commercial buildings over alleged violations and used them to extort money.
Apart from Arora, three others, including two officials of the municipal corporation's building branch, were arrested in the case. The Jalandhar Commissionerate Police had also registered an extortion case against Arora on August 23 last year. He was later granted bail by a Jalandhar court on September 22.
