The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case linked to a purported scam involving the installation of oxygen plants in hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic, police told PTI on Saturday. According to the report, on November 24, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) allegedly arrested contractor Romil Chheda from M/s Highway Construction Company for allegedly causing the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to suffer a loss of Rs 6 crore.

About this fraud case involving Chheda, the Enforcement Department (ED) began action on Friday under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). He was assigned to set up oxygen facilities in two large Covid-19 centres and nine hospitals run by BMC, even though he was said to have no prior experience with such projects, the report added.