The Supreme Court on Monday said that it will hear on May 30, various petitions challenging the alleged money laundering case related to liquor irregularities in Chhattisgarh.
The court has sent Anwar Dhebar and Nitesh Purohit to 14 days of judicial custody while the custody of Arun Pati Tripathi and Trilok Singh Dhillon extended till May 23, he added.
"There has been no stringent action against those selling spurious liquor. DMK members themselves are selling spurious liquor. CM MK Stalin must take responsibility for recent spurious liquor-related deaths and should resign," AIADMK General Secretary said.
The deceased in Villuparam incident have been identified as Shankar, Suresh, Dharanivel, Rajamoorthy, Vijayan, Mannakatti, Malarvizli, Abhiragam, Kesava Velu, Shankar, Vijayan, and Sarath Kumar.
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.
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.
Accusing the central agency as an agent of BJP, CM Baghel alleged that attempts are being made to implicate his name in the scam and this proves the claim that ED is working like an agent of BJP. Moreover, he added that BJP is also considering ED as its subordinate organisation.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday opposed the bail plea moved by Delhi's former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia in a money laundering case related to Excise case and said, "An Illegal ecosystem was created in view to give illegal benefits to liquor cartels to get kickbacks."
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"I fail to understand as to why I have been summoned at such short notice. It seems that certain political motives have been masquerading in the name of investigation. I categorically say that I have nothing to do with the present investigation," she said in a subsequent tweet.
BRS MLC and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao's daughter, K Kavitha, on Wednesday arrvied in the national capital after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned her in connection with the ongoing probe into the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.
Pillai was arrested late on Monday night following his day-long questioning by the ED officials in the case here in the national capital. The agency has so far arrested 11 persons in the case.