Gurgaon: A special PMLA court on Monday sent Punjab Industries Minister Sanjeev Arora to judicial custody in a money laundering case. Arora arrested Enforcement Directorate (ED) were in ED custody since their arrest from Chandigarh on May 9 in connection with an alleged ₹100 crore fake GST billing and laundering racket.Before the hearing, Arora’s family members met him briefly at the court premises – their first meeting since his arrest.Earlier, Special Judge Narendra Sura had directed the ED to allow Arora to meet his lawyer for an hour every day between 10 and 11 am and to provide all necessary medical facilities and medicines as advised by the medical officer. The court has fixed May 16 as the next date of hearing.Arora had also filed an application seeking permission to appoint a lawyer of his choice and sign the Vakalatnama. During the hearing, ED’s special public prosecutor Simon Benjamin did not raise any objection. The court accepted the plea and directed the investigating officer to allow Arora to sign and verify the Vakalatnama and hand over the relevant documents to his lawyer or any family member without delay.The case involves alleged fake GST bills generated through shell companies for mobile phone trading, involving suspected laundering of over Rs 100 crore. ED claims that companies linked to Arora conducted suspicious transactions through fake entities in Delhi. As part of the investigation, raids were conducted in Delhi, Chandigarh and Gurgaon.