The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday said it has arrested a former Joint Director of Rajasthan's Department of Information Technology and Communication (DOIT&C) on money laundering charges linked to a case of possession of alleged disproportionate assets against him and others.
The ED arrested Ved Prakash Yadav on August 9 after his premises in Jaipur (Rajasthan) and Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh) were searched by the agency.
He was produced before a special Prevention of Money Laundering (PMLA) court in Jaipur that sent him to ED custody till August 14, the central agency said in a statement.
The ED initiated investigation under PMLA on the basis of an FIR registered by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Rajasthan Police, under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).