India, Feb. 26 -- The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday arrested Mahesh Langa, a Gujarat-based senior journalist, in a money laundering investigation linked to an alleged financial fraud.

Mahesh Langa, who is a correspondent for The Hindu newspaper in Gujarat, was taken into custody and produced before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Court in Ahmedabad, the probe agency said in a statement. The court granted four-day ED custody till February 28, it said.

According to the ED, the federal probe agency initiated an investigation based on an FIR registered by the deputy commissioner of police in Ahmedabad against Maheshbhai Langa and others for cheating and criminal breach of trust.

During the investigation, it was fou...