Raipur: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday carried out raids at multiple places in the State and arrested a Chhattisgarh cadre IAS officer and two businessmen in connection with money laundering case.
IAS officer Sameer Vishnoi has been booked for his alleged involvement in the case, officials said.
Businessman Sunil Agrawal of Indramani group and Laxmikant Tiwari, uncle of “absconding” businessman Suryakant Tiwari, were also taken into custody in the morning by the federal agency from state capital Raipur, they said.
The three persons were arrested under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and will be produced before a local court, where the ED will seek their further custody.
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