New Delhi, April 13 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday, April 13, arrested Vinesh Chandel in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged West Bengal coal scam, officials said. Vinesh Chandel is a director and co-founder of political consultancy firm I-PAC.

Vinesh Chandel was taken into custody under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Delhi, they said. He was taken into custody after his properties in Delhi were raided by the law enforcement agency, PTI reported.

Apart from his premises, properties linked to another I-PAC co-founder and director Rishi Raj Singh in Bengaluru and of former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) communications in-charge Vijay Nair in Mumbai were also searched by t...