Bhubaneswar, May 22 -- A team of sleuths from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Bhubaneswar has arrested Anand Kumar Agarwal as he previously carried out excess mining than the permitted limit of iron ore from Kasibeda mines in Mayurbhanj district, ED said through a press release today.

Agarwal was arrested on May 18 under the provisions of PMLA, 2002 in the case of Basant Kumar Das & Others. ED initiated an investigation based on an FIR earlier registered by Odisha Vigilance under various Sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860, and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

Investigation conducted by the ED has revealed that Anand Agarwal, Director of M/s. Siddharth Sponge and Power Private Limited and others were involved in ill...