Chhattisgarh liquor scam case: ED attaches properties worth ₹205 crore
The HinduThe Directorate of Enforcement on Friday stated that it has provisionally attached properties worth approximately ₹205.49 crore in the ongoing investigation of liquor scam in Chhattisgarh. The action follows the registration of a fresh ECIR in connection with the liquor scam which, according to ED’s claim, cost the State exchequer ₹2,161 crores during the tenure of the previous Congress government. Of the ₹205.49 crore there are 115 properties “in respect of Anwar Dhebar worth ₹116.16 crore” and “14 properties in respect of Anil Tuteja, ex-IAS worth ₹15.82 crore,” the ED statement added. The corruption in the liquor scam, spanning 2019 to 2022, involved multiple facets according to the agency that involved commissions from distillers per case of liquor procured, off-the-books sale of unaccounted country liquor with proceeds pocketed by syndicates and allowing cartel formation among distillers, among others.