A special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Raipur on Monday extended the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody of the Raipur Mayor’s brother and three others in an alleged liquor scam in Chhattisgarh.
Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Singh Rajput extended the remand of Anwar Dhebar, Nitesh Purohit alias Appu, Trilok Singh Dhillon alias Pappu and Arun Pati Tripathi till May 19, ED lawyer Saurabh Pandey said.
Purohit is the promoter of Hotel Giriraj in Raipur city while Dhillon is a Bhilai-based liquor businessman. Tripathi is the Special Secretary in the state’s Excise Department and Managing Director of the Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corp Ltd.
The ED last week revealed that it has unearthed corruption and money laundering to the tune of Rs 2,000 crores between 2019 and 2022 by an organized syndicate led by Anwar Dhebar in Chhattisgarh.
