New Delhi, October 10
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out searches at multiple locations in Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Gurgaon, and Delhi in connection with a “land fraud” case against AAP Rajya Sabha member Sanjeev Arora and others.
The ED searches about 16 locations, including the house of the 61-year-old MP at Ludhiana’s luxury Hampton Homes residential colony, and one in Gurugram.
As per the details available, the searches were being carried out in connection with a piece of land that was allotted to Arora by Punjab government a few year ago for an industrial project, but was used for a residential project.
Arora is the chairman-cum-managing director of RPIL, a company with business interests in real estate, women’s clothing and fashion industry. The company has developed Hampton Court Business Park on Chandigarh Road in Ludhiana. The venture also includes Hampton Homes, a housing project offering luxury residential apartments. He also runs the Krishna Pran Breast Cancer Charitable Trust in Ludhiana. The AAP nominated him to the Rajya Sabha in 2022.
The premises linked to real estate businessman Hemant Sood from Ludhiana, businessman Chandra Shekhar Agrawal in Jalandhar, and Pardeep Aggarwal, owner of a company called Royal City, are also among the locations being searched, officials added.
