New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday (October 10) arrested four people in connection with the money laundering case filed against Chinese smartphone maker Vivo, including the managing director of Lava International mobile company Hari Om Rai.
The others arrested include Chinese national Andrew Kuang and chartered accountants Nitin Garg and Rajan Malik. All four were arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, The Times of India reported.
The four have been sent to three-day ED custody by Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangala, The Indian Express reported. The newspaper quoted the agency’s remand application as saying tthat the accused had cheated the government by entering India in a “disguised and fraudulent manner to set up an elaborate Chinese-controlled network throughout the country… carrying out activities prejudicial to the economic sovereignty of India”.
The ED has also alleged that Vivo employees worked without appropriate visas.
The ED had raided Vivo and its employees in July last year.
