New Delhi, June 4 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday said it has arrested a Chhattisgarh resident for defrauding an amount of Rs 9.27 crore in connection with its ongoing probe into the Bharatmala Highway Land Acquisition Compensation case.

Jai Prakash Gandhi, a resident of Abhanpur in Chhattisgarh's Raipur district, was arrested on June 3 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. He was produced before the special PMLA court in Raipur, which has granted ED custody of the accused for three days.

ED investigation revealed that Gandhi, in connivance with his family members and certain public servants, had acquired land falling within the notified highway alignment and subsequently fragmented...