Meat exporter Moin Qureshi arrested by Enforcement Directorate

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate arrested meat exporter Moin Qureshi on Friday night in connection to a three-year-old money laundering case.

Qureshi has been arrested under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and will be produced before the court later today. 

The controversial businessman was arrested in New Delhi after being called in for questioning. The agency further alleged that he was not cooperating in the probe.

Qureshi has been under the scanner for alleged tax evasion and hawala-like dealings. Apart from the ED, he's facing probes from the Income Tax department and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for illegal black money hoarding.

The ED registered two FIRs under the PMLA – the first one in 2014, and the second one in 2015.

Several senior public officers, including former CBI Director A P Singh, have also been named in the FIRs. 

Last month, based on intelligence inputs, the ED had carried out searches in two South Delhi vaults, recovering jewellery and documents with suspicious money transactions to foreign countries. 

(With agency inputs)