Chandigarh, May 13 -- rCabinet minister Sanjeev Arora on Tuesday moved the Punjab and Haryana high court challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), terming the action "illegal, "arbitrary and violative of constitutional safeguards".

Arora, the promoter and erstwhile chairman of M/s Hampton Sky Realty Limited, formerly known as M/s Ritesh Properties and Industries Limited, was arrested by the ED on May 8. He has sought quashing of the May 9 remand order passed by the Special PMLA court in Gurugram, along with the grounds of arrest and all consequential proceedings arising out of the ED case.

Appearing for Arora, senior advocate Puneet Bali claimed that it is a case of p...