Sebi on Wednesday barred seven entities from the securities market for up to three years and directed to disgorge 'unlawful profit' of Rs 35 lakh made by them in a case of front-running the trades of Sanctum Wealth Management (now known as Sanctum Wealth). Front-running refers to an illegal practice in the stock market where an entity trades based on advanced information from a broker or analyst before the information has been made available to its clients. In its order, Sebi has prohibited Kishan Vishram Nanda from the securities market for three years and six entities related to him for one year. Additionally, the regulator imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh on Nanda. Besides, these seven entities have been directed to disgorge a sum of Rs 34,84,605 along with an interest of 12 per cent per annum. The present matter came out from an alert generated by Sebi's surveillance system indicating the suspected front-running of trades of Sanctum Wealth by certain connected entities. After this,