The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Jalandhar, has arrested Sohel Akthar alias Raju from Kolkata in connection with the alleged digital arrest of Ludhiana-based industrialist SP Oswal.In a release on Thursday, the agency said Akthar had been arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. After a Kolkata court granted transit remand, he was brought to Jalandhar. The Special PMLA Court in Jalandhar has remanded the accused to custody till October 6. The agency is now expected to question him during custodial interrogation to establish his alleged role in the crime and trace the money trail.Oswal, chairman of the Ludhiana-based Vardhman Group, was put under digital arrest in August 2023 by fraudsters who impersonated CBI officers and extorted Rs 7 crore from him. ED had started its investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by the Cyber Crime police station, Ludhiana.


