(Eds: with additional inputs)New Delhi, Aug 26 (PTI) Controversial meat exporter Moin Akhtar Qureshi has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with money laundering probe against him and others. The ED officials said Qureshi was arrested late last night here after he was called for questioning in the case. The earlier PMLA case against Qureshi was booked by the ED in 2015, based on an Income Tax prosecution complaint. The meat exporter is facing separate probes by the I-T Department and the CBI for alleged tax evasion, money laundering and corruption among others. The case emerged after the tax department first carried out searches against Qureshi and his firm in February, 2014.

Source: India Today August 26, 2017 08:26 UTC