Chandigarh, May 12 -- An alleged Rs.27.73-crore purchase from a bogus firm registered in the name of a daily-wage labourer landed minister Sanjeev Arora and his company, Hampton Sky Realty Limited (HSRL), in trouble and led to his arrest under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the Enforcement Directorate (ED) told the court while seeking his remand. The businessman-turned-politician was arrested from Chandigarh on May 9. The special PMLA court in Gurugram on Sunday remanded the AAP leader in the ED's custody for a week. The ED has alleged that M/S SK Enterprises, a firm registered in the name of daily-wage labourer Kamal Ahmad, was used as a conduit to route funds through layered banking transactions without any genuine business activity. According to the agency, between August 2023 and January 2024, HSRL transferred Rs.27.73 crore to SK Enterprises through 41 RTGS transactions routed via multiple bank accounts maintained with different banks. The ED alleged that the use of multiple accounts in phases indicated a deliberate layering of funds to conceal the money trail. Ahmad, in his statement under the PMLA, claimed he had no knowledge of the firm's operations despite it being registered in his name, ED said. Ahmad stated that one Azhar Haider alias "Monty" had obtained his Aadhaar Card and PAN details, managed GST registration, bank accounts, and financial transactions. Haider has allegedly admitted before the ED that he provided accommodation entries (fictitious transactions) on commission. The mobile phones were purchased locally in India and were shown to be exported to the Middle East, said ED. HSRL has shown mobile phone sales valued at approximately Rs.157.12 crore from May 12, 2023, to October 27, 2023, to several local and overseas entities. Out of this, ED told the court that exports worth about Rs.102.50 crore were made to two UAE-based entities -Fortbel Telecom FZCO and Dragon Global FZCO, which were mostly fake. Further, ED said that one of the mobile numbers belonged to Kartik Verma, who was also covered in the FEMA search and seizure operation conducted by the ED on April 17. "The investigation revealed that the number has been misused by certain individuals for generating fake invoices. Verma has also made a complaint with Haryana Police, stating that he has been receiving SMS from the GST department regarding notices issued on certain firms which have been registered with GST using his mobile number," ED added....