Minister Sanjeev Arora’s ED remanded extended by 2 days

May 16, 2026

The troubles of Punjab’s powerful Industries and Commerce Minister Sanjiv Arora keep on mounting. The ED has extended the remand of Arora, who has been arrested in connection with the over Rs 100 crore money laundering and fraudulent GST scam, by two days.

Considering the gravity of the case, a special PMLA court in Gurugram has ordered Arora’s remand for further questioning. Earlier, the ED had arrested him after a day-long raid at his official residence in Chandigarh late on May 9. Following this, the court initially sent him to seven days of ED custody.

After his remand expired, the central probe agency sought additional custody, citing the need to probe his financial transactions, fake invoices, and network of shell companies, and to find fresh evidence. The court accepted this request.