India, Aug. 14 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested former Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation (VVCMC) commissioner Anil Pawar and former deputy director in the VVCMC town-planning department, YS Reddy, as part of its money laundering investigation into the construction of 41 illegal buildings in Vasai East, which were demolished as per court orders in February this year.

Both Pawar and Reddy had been questioned by the agency earlier about alleged irregularities in construction of the 41 illegal buildings and the lack of any action against them. The officials had been interrogated after raids on their residential premises, during which unaccounted cash was found at Reddy's Hyderabad home and Rs.1.33 crore was reco...