Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday arrested Malad-based businessman Ushik Gala of Suumaya Industries for money laundering under the Haryana government’s ‘Need to Feed’ scheme. The agency suspects that funds amounting to Rs 998 crore were remitted out of the country under the guise of advance against import.

ED prosecutor Arvind Aghav informed the court that Gala was arrested in connection with the money-laundering case registered on the basis of a cheating case filed with Worli police station by Vinay Kumar Agrawal, who claimed he was induced to invest with Gala’s firm and suffered a loss of Rs 117 crore. Gala has been remanded to ED custody till November 24. The investigation revealed that the complainant was approached by Suumaya’s CFO, who claimed they had received a PPE C

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