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In the Chhattisgarh liquor scam case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) presented the chargesheet in Raipur’s PMLA court on Wednesday. ED has also presented a 200-page charge sheet along with a 10,000-page trial. In this chart sheet retired IAS Anil Tuteja, businessman Anwar Dhebar, Tri
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According to the information, the documents stated that these people together misused the government system and committed major corruption. It is also mentioned in the indictment that this money was also shared with some political partnerships. The charge sheet also contains details of WhatsApp conversations between businessmen and officials and the operation of the liquor fraud syndicate.
Retired IAS Anil Tuteja was produced in court on Wednesday.
Earlier relief was obtained from the Supreme Court
On April 8, ED’s ECIR in the money laundering case was quashed by the Supreme Court in the liquor scam case. With this, 6 accused, including Anil Tutja and his son Yash, got relief. But, only after the Supreme Court’s decision, the Enforcement Directorate registered a new ECIR in this case based on the FIR of ACB-EOW.
ED arrested Anil Tutia and interrogated him. The agency is conducting a new investigation into this matter.
A month ago, after the 14-day remand was over, ED produced retired IAS Tuteja.
Alcohol fraud architect
ED has given several reasons for Anil Tutia’s arrest. ED said that Anwar Debar formed a syndicate in the liquor scam and this syndicate got maximum power from Anil Tutja, who was on the post of controller. ED called him the architect of the liquor scam.
That’s how the whole scam happened
IAS and Anwar Devar were included under Part A. According to the ED’s FIR, Anwar Debar, the main accused in illegal extortion, has been given full IAS sacrifice. Arunpati Tripathi’s appointment as MD of CSMCL could only happen because of the IAS officer’s influence.
Due to its influence over the state bureaucracy, the IAS controlled important appointments and syndicates through Anwar Debar and the other officers. Whereas Anwar Devar was the person who controlled all the cash collection. Apart from this, the job of providing protection to the syndicate was done by former IAS Vivek Dhandh. who received shares in an illegal amount.
Devar’s associates were placed in all important positions such as FL10A license holder, personnel, cash collection. His associates collected a commission worth thousands of crores of rupees. IAS’s son Yash has also been named in the ED’s FIR.
Arunpati Tripathi was part B of the syndicate
CSMCL MD Arunpati Tripathi was supposed to stop the sale of illegal liquor but after his appointment, he became part of the syndicate due to bribe commission. A fee of Rs 75 was to be given on one case of liquor. Tripathi used to manage her accounts by taking a commission from the distiller and supplier. He was then given to Anwar Devar.
The excise policy has changed
ED has narrated in its chargesheet how a large-scale fraud took place in the Excise Department through the criminal syndicate of Anwar Debar, brother of Raipur Mayor Ajaz Debar. ED said in the chargesheet that by changing the excise policy made in 2017, sale of liquor through CSMCL started.
But after 2019, Anwar Debar appointed Arunpati Tripathi as MD of CSMCL, after which the corruption was done through a syndicate of officers, businessmen and politically influential people. Due to this a fraud of 2161 million rupees took place.
According to the indictment, during the BJP government, a law was made that liquor would be purchased from all agencies and sold in shops. After that, the Congress government changed it and gave the responsibility of supply to its special companies.
The then Excise Minister and Commissioner used to get 50 lakh each.
This whole syndicate continued to act according to the instructions of the government. The Minister of Excise at the time Kwesi Lachama was also aware of this and according to the reports a large part of the committee also went to the Minister of Excise Kwesi Lachama. According to the charge sheet, Minister Kawasi Lehma and the then Commissioner of Excise Niranjan Das received 50 lakh every month.
Fraud accused businessman Trilok Dhillon and Excise office official Arunpati Tripathi.
A fake hologram was also provided
To avoid scanning, fake holograms were also created. Once delivered, it was bottled and liquor was prepared for sale without scanning. Each month 200 vehicles of liquor were supplied through agencies and each vehicle held 800 cases of illicit alcohol.
560 rupees of liquor was ordered in India, which sold for 2880 rupees. What is done in MRP. After that, the number of deliveries increased and this number rose to about 400 trucks per month. Similarly, from 2019 to 2022, illicit liquor worth Rs 2161 crore was consumed in Chhattisgarh government liquor shops.
Arunpati Tripathi received an illegal commission from the hologram supplier and a large share from the syndicate. Tripathi earned Rs 50 each for his role. According to estimates, about 40 lakh cases of liquor were sold and thus Tripathi alone received Rs 20 crore. AD also suspects that a large part of the profits were deposited abroad.
Part III includes other officers, distillers and carriers.
Similarly, Part C includes the annual commission from the distiller and the carrier. Only three batches of liquor were sold in CSMCL shops through the criminal syndicate. These include 52 percent of Kadia group beverages, 30 percent of Bhatia group beverages and 18 percent of Welcome group beverages.
Vikas Aggarwal and his men used to collect the money from selling liquor. The entire collection used to go to Anwar Debar and the amount received was kept with hotel owners Giriraj Nitish and Yash Purohit.
A property worth Rs 205 crore is attached in a liquor fraud case
The Central Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth Rs 205 crore of accused in the scam. These properties also include luxurious hotels and high-rise buildings of Riphor. According to the information provided by ED, these assets include 18 movables and 161 real estates. This property belongs to former IAS officer Anil Tutja, businessman Anwar Debar and other accused.
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