Raipur, Dec 30 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Raipur Zonal Office, has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth approximately Rs 38.21 crore belonging to former IAS officer Niranjan Das (then Excise Commissioner) and 30 other excise officials, a statement said. Niranjan Das is alleged to have personally acquired over Rs 18 crore in proceeds of crime, including monthly bribes of Rs 50 lakh for enabling the fraud. Collectively, the 31 officials derived Rs 89.56 crore in …
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Raipur, Dec 30 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate has filed a supplementary prosecution complaint that details a meticulously planned liquor scam generating proceeds of crime worth approximately Rs 2883 crore between 2019 and 2023. The probe exposes a powerful criminal syndicate that systematically undermined the state’s excise policy through multiple illegal channels to siphon off massive funds. According to the investigation agency, the latest complaint, filed on December 26, arraigns 59 new i…
Raipur, Dec 23 (IANS) In a major development in the high-profile Chhattisgarh liquor scam case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Raipur Zonal Office, has arrested a retired IAS officer, Niranjan DasHe has been charged under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. Following his arrest on December 19, Das was produced before the Special Court (PMLA) in Raipur, which remanded him to ED custody for three days until Tuesday (December 22). The ED’s probe originated from an FIR lodged b…
Raipur, Dec 22 (IANS) In a major development in the multi-crore Chhattisgarh liquor scam, the Economic Offences Wing/Anti-Corruption Bureau (EOW/ACB) on Monday filed the eighth charge sheet against Chaitanya Baghel, son of former Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, in the Special Court here. This is the eighth overall charge sheet in the case, including the original and supplementary ones. The document details the current investigation status for the arrested accused, includes digital evidence report…