Controversial meat exporter Moin Akhtar Qureshi was today sent to five-day custody of the Enforcement Directorate by a city court for "thorough investigation" in a money laundering probe against him and others. Special Judge Arun Bharadwaj sent the accused to ED custody till August 31 after the probe agency said his custodial interrogation was required to unearth crime proceeds and money trail and to confront him with the documents. "Considering the seriousness of the allegations and to enable the ED to complete thorough investigation, ED custody remand of Moin Akhtar Qureshi for five days, that is till August 31 is granted," the court said. According to the agency, Qureshi was arrested late last night here under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after "he was not cooperating in the probe". The earlier PMLA case against Qureshi was lodged by the ED in 2015, based on an Income Tax prosecution complaint, it said.

Source: dna August 26, 2017 19:27 UTC