The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has arrested a person, Amar Nath Dutta, in connection with its ongoing probe into the alleged fake bank guarantee probe related to Reliance Power Ltd.

This is the third arrest in the matter, as it may be recalled that on October 11, Ashok Kumar Pal, the then Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Reliance Power Ltd, was arrested by ED in connection with money laundering charges in the same case.

Pal’s arrest was followed by the arrest of his accomplice, Partha Sarthi Biswal, managing director of a shell company- M/s Biswal Tradelink Pvt Ltd.

Meanwhile, Dutta was arrested by the anti-money laundering agency on Thursday under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.

He was arrested in connection with a money-laundering investiga

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