The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) Basant Garg, a Ludhiana-based businessman and a Jalandhar businessman for questioning in connection with a money laundering case linked to arrested Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora.
Officials said those summoned include PSPCL Director (Commercial) Harsharan Kaur Trehan, Ludhiana-based businessman Hemant Sood, who runs Findoc Finvest Private Ltd, and Jalandhar-based businessman Chandra Shekhar Aggarwal.
All four individuals have been asked to appear before the ED in Delhi beginning May 18, officials said.
Basant Garg is a 2005-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer currently serving as the CMD of PSPCL.
Sanjeev Arora was arrested by the ED on May 9 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in a case linked to alleged fake financial transactions, GST irregularities and suspected shell company exports worth ₹157.12 crore.
According to ED officials, the investigation relates to alleged manipulation of GST records in the purchase and sale of mobile phones and goods through firms allegedly associated with Arora. Arora’s ED remand was extended by two more days by a Gurugram court on Saturday
