Earlier, on May 12 ED arrested Arun Pati Tripathi under the provisions of PMLA 2002 in the ongoing money laundering investigation into the Liquor scam in the State of Chhattisgarh.
Nitesh Purohit, a close associate of Anwar Dhebar and Trilok Singh Dhillon who was found to be a prime beneficiary of Proceeds of Crime has been arrested under the provisions of PMLA, 2002 by the ED.
A Special PMLA Court in Raipur extended the custody of Anwar Dhebar, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with an alleged liquor scam to the tune of around Rs 2000 crore, on Wednesday.
A day after the arrest of Anwar Dhebar, brother of Congress leader and Raipur mayor Aijaz Dhebar, in the Chhattisgarh liquor scam, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Sunday that it has found evidence of "unprecedented corruption" and money laundering worth Rs 2,000 crores, which was be