The Chhattisgarh High Court on Friday rejected the bail pleas of the Raipur Mayor’s brother and three others in an alleged liquor scam.
Justice Goutam Bhaduri passed the order, ED lawyer Saurabh Pandey said.
The Mayor’s elder brother and businessman Anwar Dhebar, Nitesh Purohit and Trilok Singh Dhillon were on interim bail.
Purohit is the promoter of Hotel Giriraj in Raipur city while Dhillon is a Bhilai-based liquor businessman.
Arun Pati Tripathi, who is in jail, was deputed as the Special Secretary in the Excise Department and was Managing Director of the Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corp Ltd (CSMCL).
Dhebar was arrested on May 6 while Purohit and Dhillon were nabbed on May 11. Tripathi was held on May 12.
The ED has so far frozen assets worth Rs 79 crores.