New Delhi, Sept. 17 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested former Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) commissioner Dinesh Kumar under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with an alleged illegal site allotment scandal, officials confirmed on Wednesday.

Kumar is expected to be produced before a special PMLA court in Bengaluru, where the ED is likely to seek his custody for further interrogation. His arrest follows a series of searches carried out by the central agency on Tuesday at two residential premises in Bengaluru linked to the former official.

According to the ED, Dinesh Kumar is accused of orchestrating large-scale illegal allotments of MUDA sites during his tenure as commis...