Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate has arrested West Bengal minister Jyotipriyo Mallick in a money laundering case linked to an alleged multi-core ration distribution scam in the state, official sources said on Friday.
The minister was arrested under the
Prevention of Money Laundering Act in the early hours of Friday following over 17 to 18 hours of questioning, they said.
He will be produced before a local court where the ED will seek his custody.