The Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai Police has arrested Anjani Sinha, the former managing director and chief executive of the beleaguered National Spot Exchange (NSEL).
Sinha was arrested for his role in the Rs 5,600-crore
payment crisis at the NSEL which has affected 13,000 investors across the country, the police said.
Before arresting him, he was interrogated by EOW for several hours. He had been interrogated at length by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday.
This is the third arrest in the case; earlier the police had
arrested Amit Mukherjee, a former assistant vice-president of the exchange on October 9, while Jay Bahukhundi, another former assistant vice-president, was arrested the next day.
ED has registered 'preliminary inquiry' under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, suspecting large-scale money laundering in the spot exchange.
Sinha and his wife Shalini, who is managing director of family-run firm SNP Designs, were questioned by both ED and EOW.
Sinha, who filed an affidavit before a city court a few days ago, blamed the entire
former senior management of NSEL, including himself. The affidavit said he suspected that some of the former senior management members might have entered into dealings with buying members
for their personal benefit and demanded a judicial inquiry against them.
Sinha admitted to submitting "wrong stock statement" to the NSEL board and regulator Forward Market Commission, based on the report by the warehousing division.
Taking the blame for not informing the board about increasing exposure and risk of widespread defaults, Sinha stated the management allowed the exchange to function and did not stop trading due to fear of widespread defaults.
Former NSEL CEO and MD Anjani Sinha being arrested by the Economic Offences Wing 
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