Bihar police on Monday conducted a raid in Bhagwanpur village of Begusarai district and arrested 2 persons with liquor, said the authorities. Bihar is a dry state where the sale of alcohol has been prohibited since 2016 under the Bihar Prohibition and Excise Act, 2016.
Birdi who is a joint director (Goods and Services Tax), Excise Department, Punjab spent over Rs three crore, approximately 145.40 per cent more than his total income, beyond his known sources of income.
The Rouse Avenue on Friday reserved the order on cognizance of the supplementary charge sheet filed against former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and others in the Excise policy case.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) not to create an atmosphere of fear when it was apprised by the Chhattisgarh Government that several state excise department officials have been complaining of being threatened and to implicate the Chief Minister Bhupesh
CBI submitted that during the period of 2 days of CBI custody, the accused was further interrogated and confronted by some witnesses, but his confrontation is still at the initial stage and it will take some time.
Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested the special secretary of the excise department and head of Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corporation Limited (CSMCL) Arun Pati Tripathi in connection with the alleged liquor scam.
The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved the order on the regular and interim bail pleas of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia arrested in the liquor policy case.
According to the officials, a large quantity of illegal liquor has been seized during the search in Dinarpur and Sahdevpur under the Pathri police station area in Haridwar.
The ED and the CBI had alleged that irregularities were committed while modifying the Excise Policy, undue favours were extended to licence holders, the licence fee was waived or reduced and the L-1 licence was extended without the competent authority's approval. The beneficiaries diverted "