NEW DELHI: The
Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested millionaire meat exporter
Moin Qureshi in connection to a Rs 200 crore
money laundering
case.
The agency placed Qureshi under arrest on Friday night and took him in for questioning. He will be produced before Delhi's Patiala House court on Saturday. Officials also alleged that he is not cooperating with the investigation.
Qureshi is being probed for allegedly remitting funds through hawala channels to
Dubai
,
London
and a few other destinations in Europe.
The meat exporter is also facing probes by the I-T department and the CBI for alleged tax evasion, money laundering and corruption among others.
The income tax department, during its probe, found that Qureshi had 11 bank lockers which were in the names of his employees and associates but actually belonged to him.
The ED had registered a case against Qureshi under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in 2015 for alleged illegal forex dealings and tax evasion. The agency had slapped additional charges against him under
PMLA
on the basis of the I-T department's chargesheet.
In the latest FIR against him this year, former CBI Director A P Singh has also been named.
(With PTI inputs)