ED arrests AgustaWestland scam accused Gautam Khetan under PMLA

New Delhi: Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested the Delhi based businessman and accused of AgustaWestland scam  Gautam Khetan here under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, the  officials confirmed here.Khaitan, who was detained and later arrested on Friday night, will be produced before the duty magistrate in this afternoon at Patiala House Court.

He has been arrested under the Black Money Act by the central financial probe agency.

He was named in the first charge sheet and arrested before but he was on bail and travelled to Zambia with Court's permission.Khaitan is allegedly routed and laundered the bribe money through his front companies based in foreign countries.

On January 19, the Income Tax Department had conducted searches at multiple locations across India when he was in Zambia.(UNI)