New Delhi Dec 21 PTI The Enforcement Directorate ED has arrested jailed ex-promoter brothers of the Unitech realty group-- Sanjay Chandra and Ajay Chandra-- in a money laundering case being investigated against them officials said on TuesdayThey said the brothers were taken into custody on Monday and have been brought to Delhi from Mumbai where they were lodged in separate jails in an alleged cheating case filed by the Delhi PoliceThe action came after the Supreme Court earlier this month allowed the anti-money laundering agencys plea for a fresh custodial interrogation of the duo saying it has obtained new evidence against them and it needs to confront them with those documentsThe ED is expected to produce them before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLA court here seeking their custody for interrogation they saidThe agency had earlier informed the Supreme Court thatthe brothers were conducting business from the Tihar Jail premises in connivance with the prison staff when they were lodged thereIt had made a startling revelation that its officials unearthed a secret underground office in the jail which was being operated by erstwhile Unitech founder Ramesh Chandraand visited by his sons Sanjay and Ajay when on parole or bailThe apex court following this disclosure by the ED asked authorities to shift the brothers in two separate prisons in Mumbai Arthur Road Jail and Taloja JailThe ED which has been investigating money laundering charges against the Chandras and their realty firm Unitech Ltd said in its report that both Sanjay and Ajay have rendered the entire judicial custody meaningless as they have been freely communicating instructing their officials and disposing of properties from inside the Tihar Jail in connivance with the prison staffThe brothers are in jailsince August 2017 and are accused of allegedly siphoning home buyers money The ED filed a criminal case under various sections of the PMLA early this year against theUnitechgroup and its promoters over allegations that the Chandra brothers illegally diverted over Rs 2000 crore of depositors funds to Cyprus and the Cayman IslandsIn October the ED had arrested Unitechfounder Ramesh Chandra Sanjay Chandras wife Preeti Chandra and Rajesh Malik of the Carnoustie groupIt has attached properties worth more than Rs 690 crore in this case till nowPTI NES DV DV