ED arrested two more in liquor scam; custody of Mayor’s brother extended

As per ED sources they have arrested Nitesh Purohit, a hotel trader and Trilok Singh Dhillion, a liquor businessman. So far movable properties worth Rs 28 crores suspected to be collected from the scam have been seized.

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As per the ED Anwar, who is arrested in the case, and IAS officer Anil Tuteja, Joint Secretary in the Department of Industry and Commerce in the state, are “kingpins” of the scam involving around Rs 2,000 crores which belonged to the state exchequer.

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The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) arrested two more men in connection with the alleged liquor scam who allegedly helped in collecting the ill-gotten money and for laundering it in another country on the instructions of alleged kingpin Anwar Dhebar, elder brother of Raipur Mayor Aijaz Dhebar.

As per ED sources they have arrested Nitesh Purohit, a hotel trader and Trilok Singh Dhillion, a liquor businessman. So far movable properties worth Rs 28 crores suspected to be collected from the scam have been seized.

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Purohit, a close associate of Anwar, arrested on Wednesday was involved in the handling and movement of illegally collected cash and was transporting cash as per the instructions of Anwar. Dhillon, arrested on Thursday, was a prime beneficiary of Proceeds of Crime through a classic mode of money laundering.

Dhillon has willingly and knowingly allowed his Bank accounts and firms to be used for layering large amounts of proceeds of crime. Without any reasonable explanation, he has taken funds through banking channels from the FL-10A license holders falsely showing as unsecured loan and kept as FD.

He has also taken kickbacks from major Country liquor suppliers in the guise of business transactions and kept the money with him. The underlying business transactions shown have been found to be completely bogus. Dhillon, Purohit and Anwar were produced before a special court on Thursday and sent to ED custody for four days.

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