CBI arrests liquor businessman in Delhi Excise Policy case
The Hindu
NEW DELHI:
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested one more person ¬ a liquor businessman, Abhishek Boinpally ¬ in connection with case alleging irregularities in the Delhi government’s now-withdrawn excise policy, in which Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is also an accused, officials said Monday, October 10, 2022.
The accused is an associate of Arun Ramchandra Pillai, who is one of the 15 persons named in the First Information Report.
The agency had earlier arrested Vijay Nair, former chief executive officer of Mumbai-based Only Much Louder, in the same case.
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Among the accused public servants are Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, the then Excise Commissioner Arva Gopi Krishna, Deputy Commissioner Anand Tiwari and Assistant Commissioner Pankaj Bhatnagar.
The others are Manoj Rai, former employee of Pernod Ricard; Amandeep Dhal, director of Brindco Sales; Sameer Mahendru, managing director of Indospirit Group; Buddy Retail and its director Amit Arora, Dinesh Arora, Mahadev Liquors, its authorised signatory Sunny Marwah and Arjun Pandey.
The CBI has alleged that irregularities were committed while modifying the Excise Policy; undue favours were extended to licence holders; licence fee was waived or reduced; and L-1 licence was extended without the competent authority’s approval. The beneficiaries diverted the "illegal" gains to the accused public servants and made false entries in their books of accounts to conceal the money trail.