New Delhi, Sept. 19 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) announced on Friday that its Mumbai zone office has arrested Hitesh Kumar Singla, a suspended staff officer of the Bank of India, at the Ahmedabad Junction Railway Station under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
He was produced before the Special Court (PMLA) in Greater Bombay, which granted the ED seven days of custody of the accused.
The ED initiated its PMLA investigation based on a First Information Report (FIR) registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Mumbai, against Hitesh Kumar Singla and others. The FIR was filed under Section 409 of the IPC, Section 316(5) of the BNS, and Section 13(2) read with Sect...