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The Enforcement Directorate on Saturday conducted searches at five locations in Delhi, Gurugram and Chandigarh linked to Punjab Cabinet minister Sanjeev Arora and his company on suspicion of alleged money laundering, The Hindu reported.

The searches were conducted at the office premises of Hampton Sky Realty Limited and at the Aam Aadmi Party leader’s house as part of a money-laundering investigation linked to alleged fake Goods and Services Tax transactions and exports, The Indian Express quoted unidentified sources as saying.

Unidentified officials told The Hindu that the ED had detected a large-scale money-laundering operation allegedly carried out by Arora through his company involving fake GST purchases of mobile phones worth over Rs 100 crore and subsequent exports aimed at round-tripping illegitimate funds from Dubai to India.

The officials alleged that several fake GST purchase bills had been obtained from non-existent firms in Delhi to claim fake input tax credit, GST refunds on export credit and duty drawback benefits.

In April too, the central agency had searched the offices and houses linked to Arora and his associates in Gurugram, Chandigarh, Ludhiana and Jalandhar under the Foreign Exchange Management Act.

The AAP leader was raided by the ED in 2024 also in a money laundering case linked to alleged misuse of industrial land for residential projects, according to The Hindu.

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