The Delhi High Court today sought response of the Central government and the Enforcement Directorate on businessman Moin Akhtar Qureshi's plea challenging his arrest in a money laundering case. <br/><br/>A bench of justices Siddharth Mridul and Najmi Waziri issued notice to the government and the ED, asking them to file the reply within five days. <br/><br/>The controversial meat exporter, Qureshi, was arrested on August 25 and sent to five-day custody of the ED by a trial court the next day for thorough investigation in the case against him and others. <br/><br/>During the hearing, Qureshi's counsel contended that his client has been illegally detained by the ED. He claimed Qureshi had been directly arrested when he was called for questioning and was not informed about the grounds of arrest. <br/><br/>Central government standing counsel Anil Soni, who also appeared for ED, said that there was due compliance of Constitution mandate regarding informing a person about his arrest. <br/><br/>The bench, however, said a person cannot be taken into custody without telling him the grounds and giving him an effective legal aid.<br/><br/>Qureshi was arrested late night on August 25 in New Delhi under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Police said that Qureshi was not cooperating in the probe.