ED raid in Delhi liquor scam: raids on 40 locations including Chennai-Mumbai, action taken in 6 states

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted simultaneous raids in 6 states of the country in the money laundering case related to the scam in Delhi’s liquor policy. According to the information, the investigating agency has raided 40 places together with Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore. Excise scam came to light in Delhi this year, which is being investigated by the CBI. In this case, the house of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has also been raided. He has also been questioned by the CBI for several rounds.

ED will also question Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain on Friday in the liquor policy scam. Special CBI judge Geetanjali Goel had on Thursday allowed the ED to question Satyendra Jain in the case.

ED raided 30 locations including Delhi, Lucknow

Earlier on September 6, the ED had raided more than 30 places in the Delhi Liquor scam case. Apart from this, raids were also conducted on the premises of many liquor traders in Lucknow, Punjab, Haryana, Telangana and Mumbai. But the team did not reach the house of Manish Sisodia or any other government employee. Read full news…

An FIR was registered against Sisodia on August 17, in which the names of 3 excise officers, 9 businessmen and two companies

In Delhi’s Excise Scam, CBI raided 21 places in 7 states including the residence of Deputy CM Manish Sisodia. The raid lasted for about 12 hours. The officers of the investigating agency had reached Sisodia’s house at 8.30 am on Friday. A big thing related to the case had come to the fore. Actually, the CBI had registered an FIR against 15 people including Manish Sisodia on August 17, two days before the raid. It was claimed that a liquor businessman had given one crore rupees to Manish Sisodia’s close friend. Read full news…

Delhi Lt Governor had demanded a CBI inquiry against Manish Sisodia

On July 22, Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena had demanded a CBI inquiry against Manish Sisodia regarding the new liquor policy. Saxena had accused Sisodia, a minister in the Kejriwal government, of doing corruption by ignoring the rules. At the same time, BJP had accused the Kejriwal government of wrongly waiving Rs 144 crore of liquor contractors after the new tender. Read full news…

Liquor policy was implemented from August 1
Deputy CM Manish Sisodia had announced on August 1 that the old liquor policy would be applicable. He said in a press conference – The Central Government has made the entry of CBI in this policy, due to which no one is ready to take the contract. So we will not implement the new system. The Deputy CM had said that the corruption of the BJP would have ended with the new excise policy and revenue of 9,500 crores would have come in a year. Presently 468 shops are running in Delhi. The motive of BJP is that illegal liquor is sold in Delhi.

Under this new liquor policy, the Delhi government has taken these 5 major decisions.

There have been allegations of breaking these 4 rules on the new liquor policy …

1. GNCTD Act 1991

2. Transactions of Business Rules (TOBR)-1993

3. Delhi Excise Act-2009

4. Delhi Excise Rules-2010

For this reason, the Chief Secretary had also sought a reply from the Excise Department. When the file was sent to the Lieutenant Governor in this regard on July 8, then the ruckus started on this matter.

CBI had imposed 2 sections under PMLA in liquor scam

CBI raided 21 places in 7 states including Deputy CM Manish Sisodia’s house.

On August 19, in the liquor scam, the CBI had raided the house of Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and other places. Manish Sisodia has 3 sections, out of which 2 sections come under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). According to the CBI FIR, a case has been registered against Manish Sisodia under Section 120B, 477A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption. Read full news…