VB Gets 5-Day Custody of MLA Raman Arora

Gold Ornaments Weighing 1.2kg and ₹6 Lakh Recovered During the Raids, Probe Agency Tells Court

- Navrajdeep Singh

JALANDHAR: The local court sent Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from Jalandhar Central Raman Arora to five-day vigilance bureau custody on Saturday.

The first-time legislator was arrested on Friday in an alleged corruption and extortion racket being run under his patronage and produced in the local court on Saturday. The VB requested a 10-day remand, but the court granted it for five days after listening to an hour-long argument between both parties.

While seeking Arora's custody, the VB told the court that several incriminating documents along with cash worth ₹6 lakh and gold ornaments weighing 1.2kg were recovered from his residence during the raids.

On Friday, the VB conducted a seven-hour-long raid at the Jalandhar residence of Arora and arrested him later in a corruption case involving former assistant town planner (ATP) of the municipal corporation, Sukhdev Vashisht, who was arrested last week.