Chandigarh, May 12 -- An alleged Rs.27.73-crore purchase from a bogus firm registered in the name of a daily-wage labourer landed minister Sanjeev Arora and his company, Hampton Sky Realty Limited (HSRL), in trouble and led to his arrest under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the Enforcement Directorate (ED) told the court while seeking his remand.

The businessman-turned-politician was arrested at his official residence in Chandigarh on May 9. The special PMLA court in Gurugram remanded the AAP leader in the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) custody for a week on Sunday.

The ED has alleged that M/S SK Enterprises, a firm registered in the name of daily-wage labourer Kamal Ahmad, was used as a conduit to route funds through la...