SRINAGAR: Former Jammu and Kashmir minister Choudhary Lal Singh was remanded in Enforcement Directorate custody for seven days on Wednesday after the agency arrested him in a money laundering case on Tuesday night.
Singh, the chairman of Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan Party (DSSP) and a former BJP leader, was arrested from Chawadi area in the outskirts of Jammu city, hours after a special anti-corruption court dismissed his anticipatory bail application.
The ex-minister was under the ED scanner in the case lodged under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against an educational trust run by his wife and former legislator Kanta Andotra.
An official said Singh was taken to the Government Medical College in Jammu for routine medical check-up following his arrest.
Singh, a two-time MP and three-time MLA, switched from Congress to BJP in 2014 and was a minister in the PDP-BJP government from 2014 to 2018.
Months before the government collapsed in June 2018 after BJP pulled out of the coalition, Singh quit the party and floated DSSP following an uproar over his participation in a rally, held in support of Kathua rape and murder accused.
Singh, the chairman of Dogra Swabhiman Sangathan Party (DSSP) and a former BJP leader, was arrested from Chawadi area in the outskirts of Jammu city, hours after a special anti-corruption court dismissed his anticipatory bail application.
The ex-minister was under the ED scanner in the case lodged under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act against an educational trust run by his wife and former legislator Kanta Andotra.
An official said Singh was taken to the Government Medical College in Jammu for routine medical check-up following his arrest.
Singh, a two-time MP and three-time MLA, switched from Congress to BJP in 2014 and was a minister in the PDP-BJP government from 2014 to 2018.
Months before the government collapsed in June 2018 after BJP pulled out of the coalition, Singh quit the party and floated DSSP following an uproar over his participation in a rally, held in support of Kathua rape and murder accused.