New Delhi, Dec. 29: The Enforcement Directorate today arrested a Delhi-based lawyer in a money-laundering case relating to the alleged conversion of over Rs 60 crore worth of demonetised notes.
Agency sources said Rohit Tandon had links with Parasmal Lodha, a Calcutta businessman who is in the Enforcement Directorate's custody on the charge of converting demonetised notes valued at Rs 25 crore into valid currency.
A designated court here remanded Tandon and Lodha in Enforcement Directorate custody till January 2.
"We arrested Tandon under the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act in connection with converting over Rs 60 crore of demonetised notes in connivance with Parasmal Lodha and a Kotak Mahindra Bank manager, Ashish Kumar," a senior agency official said.
Kumar was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a probe into deposits totalling Rs 34 crore in nine fake accounts with the private bank.