Former Jammu and Kashmir minister Lal Singh has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case involving an educational trust run by his wife Kanta Andotra.
This comes after an anti-corruption court in Jammu dismissed his anticipatory bail application.
However, Andotra and her daughter Kranti Singh got relief as their interim anticipatory bail was extended till November 30.
Singh was grilled by ED officials on multiple occasions in the last few days.
Last month, the Enforcement Directorate conducted searches in Jammu and its adjoining areas as part of the money laundering probe against the educational trust of Andotra and a former government official in connection with alleged irregularities in land purchase to set up the trust.
The federal agency had raided about eight premises in Jammu, Kathua and Punjab's Pathankot on October 17 in the case against RB Educational Trust, its chairperson and Ravinder S, a former revenue official.