The Chhattisgarh Anti-Corruption Bureau /Economic Offences Wing made its first arrest♔ in the alleged liquor scam in the state, an official said.
Arvind Singh, who💯 was held late Wednesday night, was remanded in police custody till April 8 by ACB/EOW special Judge Nidhi Sharma, Deputy Director ꦿ(Prosecution) Mithlesh Verma said.
Incidentally, Singh was nabbed in June 2023 by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the alleg🌄ed Rs 🥃2,000 crore liquor scam and was granted bail by the High Court on April 2.
As many as 70 persons, including several leaders of the Congress 🌌and companies, have been named in the FIR registered by the ACB/EOW in January 2024 in the alleged liquor scam based on a complaint by Enforcement Directorate. The FIR was lodged under Prevention of Corruption Act and Indian Penal Code.
The ED, in its complaint to the ACB/EOW, had claimed criminal acts were committed by certain senior officials i🥂n connivance with private and influential persons to cause loss to the state and earn illegal profits for themselves in the liquor trade.
The ED had said its probe revealed a criminal syndicate was operating in Chhattisgarඣh, which was extorting illega𝓀l commission in the sale of liquor and was also involved in unauthorised sale through government liquor shops.
In July last ജyear, the ED submitted a prosecution complaint (c♒hargesheet) in a PMLA court in Raipur in which it claimed Rs 2161 crore of corruption money was generated in the alleged 'liquor scam' that began in 2019 in Chhattisgarh.
This syndicate comprises senior bureauc𒊎rats, politicians, their associates and officials of the exci🍸se department. as per the ED.
