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Leader Online Desk: ED has taken major action in the case of liquor scam in Chhattisgarh (Enforcement Directorate). Retired IAS officer Anil Tuteja has been arrested in this case. Official sources gave this information on Sunday, reports ANI. (ED Arrested Retired IAS)
The 2003 batch officer was detained by the ED from the Economic Offenses Wing (EOW)/Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) office in Raipur on Saturday in connection with the Chhattisgarh liquor scam case. Where the IAS officer and his son Yash Tuteja had gone to record their statement in the same case. (ED Arrested Retired IAS)
The concerned IAS officer has been detained under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Sources said that it is likely to be produced before the magistrate who demanded remand. The concerned officers had retired last year. (ED Arrested Retired IAS)
The ED had alleged illegal collection of money from every bottle of liquor sold in Chhattisgarh and found evidence of corruption and money laundering to the tune of Rs 2,000 crore by a liquor syndicate led by Anwar Dhebar, elder brother of Raipur mayor.
Enforcement Directorate has arrested former IAS officer Anil Tuteja in a Prevention of Money Laundering case linked to an alleged liquor scam. The action was taken by the ED's Chhattisgarh regional office. This case was taken over by the investigation agency recently: Sources
— ANI (@ANI) April 21, 2024
