Chandigarh, May 17 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a notice to the chairman-cum-managing director (CMD) of Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) and sought records in connection with release of nearly Rs.2-crore bank guarantee to a company purportedly linked to Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora, who is under arrest in a money laundering case.

According to officials, the ED has summoned CMD Basant Garg, director (commercial) Harsharan Kaur Trehan and two others. The summons have been issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, they said.

Arora, 62, was arrested by the ED on May 9 from his official residence in Chandigarh after raids were carried out against him in an alleged Rs.100-crore GST fraud case.

The ...