Delhi Dy CM among 15 persons named in FIR on excise policy

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. News18

New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is among the many 15 individuals booked by identify within the FIR filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on alleged corruption within the framing and implementation of the excise coverage 2021-22.

A liquor dealer paid Rs 1 crore to an organization managed by an affiliate of Sisodia, the CBI has claimed in its FIR registered on 17 August below IPC sections associated to legal conspiracy and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The central company carried out raids at Sisodia’s official residence in central Delhi and 20 different areas in seven states and Union territories on Friday.

Along with Sisodia, who additionally holds the excise portfolio, the CBI has named as accused then excise commissioner Arava Gopi Krishna, then deputy excise commissioner Anand Kumar Tiwari, assistant excise commissioner Pankaj Bhatnagar, 9 businessmen and two corporations.

The FIR was registered on a reference from the workplace of Lieutenant Governor V Ok Saxena routed by the Union Residence Ministry. The company has alleged that Sisodia and different accused public servants beneficial and took choices pertaining to the excise coverage 2021-22 with out the approval of competent authority with “an intention to increase undue favours to the licencees publish tender”.

It mentioned Vijay Nair, former CEO of Solely A lot Louder, an leisure and occasion administration firm, Manoj Rai, former worker of Pernod Ricard, Amandeep Dhal, proprietor of Brindco Spirits, and Sameer Mahendru, proprietor of Indospirits, had been actively concerned in irregularities within the framing and implementation of the excise coverage introduced in November final 12 months.

The company has alleged Amit Arora, Director of Buddy Retail Pvt. Restricted in Gurgaon, Dinesh Arora and Arjun Pandey are “shut associates” of Sisodia and had been “actively concerned in managing and diverting the undue pecuniary benefit collected from liquor licensees” for the accused public servants.

The CBI has alleged that Radha Industries managed by Dinesh Arora acquired Rs 1 crore from Sameer Mahendru of Indospirits.

“Supply additional revealed that Arun Ramchandra Pillai used to gather undue pecuniary benefit from Sameer Mahendru for onward transmission to the accused public servants by Vijay Nair. An individual named Arjun Pandey has as soon as collected an enormous money quantity of about Rs 2-4 crore from Sameer Mahendru on behalf of Vijay Nair,” it mentioned.

The company alleged that Sunny Marwah’s Mahadev Liquors was granted L-1 licence below the coverage. It additionally alleged that Marwah, who was on the board of corporations of the deceased liquor baron Ponty Chadha, was in shut contact with the accused public servants and recurrently paid bribes to them.

(With inputs from PTI)

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