Raipur: The Enforcement Directorate has filed a 16000 page chargesheet in connection with the alleged Rs 2000 crore liquor scam in Chhattisgarh. The charge sheet was filed by the probe agency in the special PMLA court of Raipur. The federal probe agency has named three key accused in the alleged scam- businessmen Anwar Dhebar and Trilok Singh Dhillon, and Arun Pathi Tripathi, a former special secretary of the state excise department, for "manipulating the government system to facilitate the scam".
What is the Chhattisgarh liquor 'scam': The ED has been raiding various locations in Chhattisgarh for the past few months in connection with the alleged scam. The probe has revolved around the key accused Dhebar, Trilok Singh and Arun Tripathi, who has been the managing director of Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corporation Ltd (CSMCL).
Arun Tripathi's tenure at CSMCL under scanner: According to the ED, Tripathi, during his tenure at the CSMCL, manipulated the liquor policy "at the insistence" of Dhebar who had "corrupted" the entire liquor system of Chhattisgarh. Dhebar, the ED said, had in turn acquired 53 acres of land in Naya Raipur, with a book value of Rs 22 crore, with proceeds of crime.
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