India, May 13 -- Punjab Cabinet Minister Sanjeev Arora on Tuesday moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as "illegal and unconstitutional."

His plea came up before a bench of Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sanjiv Berry, which heard arguments of Arora's counsel Puneet Bali and adjourned the matter to May 14.

The ED on May 9 arrested Punjab industries minister Arora in connection with an alleged '100-crore GST fraud-linked money laundering case involving certain entities linked to him.

Arora, 62, was taken into custody under PMLA following raids conducted at his official residence in Chandigarh's Sector 2.

In his plea, Arora ...