The Supreme Court, on April 8, quashed proceedings against the accused in the alleged liquor scam in Chhattisgarh, stating that there was no scheduled offence being made out by the Enforcement Directorate, the central agency probing the matter. In the run-up to the assembly elections last year, the ED had probed an alleged liquor scam, a coal scam and a …
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday registered a new case to probe “afresh” alleged corruption in Chhattisgarh’s liquor industry, people aware of developments said — a day after the Supreme Court quashed money laundering proceedings in the case, holding that no scheduled offence was established for the agency to proceed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The Chhattisgarh police FIR …
