Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, May 7: In Chhattisgarh, a state where the Congress is in power, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) announced that it had uncovered a Rs 2,000 crore liquor scam that was reportedly being run with the assistance of powerful politicians and bureaucrats.
Anwar Dhebar, a significant accused in the case, was also detained by the ED and has been sent to ED custody for four days. Aijaz Dhebar, a Congress leader and the mayor of Raipur, is Anwar Dhebar’s brother.
The investigation agency had earlier recorded the testimony of numerous people allegedly involved in the scam and conducted searches at several places in March. According to the ED, between 2019 and 2022, “unprecedented corruption and money laundering to the tune of Rs 2,000 crores” has been tracked.
“PMLA investigation revealed that an organised criminal syndicate led by Anwar Dhebar was operating in Chhattisgarh. Anwar Dhebar, though a private citizen, was backed and worked for illegal gratification of the high-level political executives and senior bureaucrats,” the ED said.
Officials claim that Anwar created an elaborate conspiracy and assembled a vast network of individuals and organisations to carry out the fraud so that money was illegally taken from each bottle of alcohol sold in Chhattisgarh.
Several politicians and bureaucrats in Chhattisgarh, according to sources, are being looked into by the ED.
