Chandigarh, May 16 -- The Punjab cabinet minister, Sanjeev Arora, on Friday said that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer, who was the complainant in a criminal case registered against him under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) on April 18, also conducted the raid at his Chandigarh house on May 9 and arrested him in a money laundering case.

"...this goes directly to the violation of statutory law as well as constitutional laws. After the predicate offence (is reported), there has to be an independent opinion based on the material on record (before ED decides to arrest a person). The officer who's the complainant against me (in the FEMA case) could not have been my arresting officer under Section 19 of PMLA. So, he is basic...