In a major action weeks ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday (April 13, 2026) arrested Vinesh Chandel, a director and co-founder of political consultancy firm I-PAC, in a money-laundering case linked to an alleged coal scam in the poll-bound State.

An official said Chandel was taken into custody under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Delhi late evening.