LAGATAR24 NETWORK
Ranchi, Oct 20: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) will interrogate liquor businessman Yogendra Tiwari, accused in the Jharkhand liquor scam, for eight days. The court has given permission for this.
After being arrested, Yogendra Tiwari was produced in the Special Court of Ranchi PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) on Friday.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrested liquor businessman Yogendra Tiwari late Thursday evening. He is accused of illegal earning through liquor scam and money laundering.
In this case, ED had raided 34 locations simultaneously on August 23. These locations include Yogendra Tiwari’s warehouse located in front of Hotel Siddharth in Deoghar, a residence located near Dr Rajiv Pandey Hospital in Bumpass Town, M/s Santhal Pargana Builders Private Limited located in D-2 of Harmu Housing Colony and two locations in Jamtara.
In the reasons given by ED for taking Yogendra on remand, it is mentioned that Yogendra Tiwari opened bank accounts in the name of many of his employees and he himself used to operate them.
Not only this, Yogendra Tiwari used the names of his employees for illegal sand business and liquor business. He portrayed the names of his employees as his partners but kept complete control of the business.
Yogendra Tiwari, along with Prem Prakash who is the accused in illegal mining and land scams, took complete control of the liquor business in Jharkhand in the year 2021 with the help of high-ranking bureaucrats and leaders.
In this regard, ED has registered a case (case number ECIR/RNZO/09/2022) by taking together more than a dozen FIRs registered in different police stations of different districts of Santhal Pargana.
