35 Liquor stores were raided by ED in Delhi, Punjab, and Hyderabad, and to intensify money laundering scrutiny related to liquor policy.

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate launched new raids at 35 Liquor stores in Delhi, Punjab, and Hyderabad as The Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal attacked the center and termed the raids as “Dirty Politics”. And a CBI investigation has started on Delhi Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia as he is one of the leading suspects in the liquor corruption case. 

3 Months More than 500 Raids

In the past 3 months, liquor store raids are increasing in number and on 7 October more than 35 raids have been done by ED, and a total of 500 raids.

The searches are being conducted at premises linked to liquor stores, distributors, and supply networks. The action was taken today in the early morning as agency teams were seen moving out of headquarters for the raid locations.

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday reported that massive operation in Delhi Liquor Policy Case. Raids were reported at many locations in Delhi, Punjab, and many other major states.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister, Manish Sisodia is one of the suspects in the case. The investigation led to massive BJP vs AAP as the rival BJP accuses Arvind Kejriwal and his party members of the Aam Aadmi Party of corruption. Kejriwal and other AAP party leaders have discarded the corruption allegations.

Kejriwal recently tweeted, “More than 500 raids, for past 3 months more than 300 CBI/ED officers are working 24 hours every day to find evidence against Manish Sisodia. But nothing has been found because there was nothing done because of this Dirty Politics many officers’ time is being wasted. How will such a country progress.”

Kejriwal further added that he had made several comments on BJP as the scrutiny on the money laundering case got intensified after a CBI/Ed investigation was recommended by Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena in July.

Liquor Stores Case and Policy

(Source: The Local Train)

The money laundering case in the Delhi liquor policy was the latest reason for a BJP and AAP standoff, as many AAP leaders and workers are accused of corruption, and CBI investigation and raids have been set in motion.

The Delhi Liquor Policy was implemented last year on 17 November, according to which the government withdrew from the business and allowed only private owners to run liquor shops, and only private shops with a license will be allowed. And Delhi was later divided into 32 zones to invite liquor shops owner to apply for a license.

After, Delhi Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena initiated a CBI Investigation Arvind Kejriwal got rid of the Policy. On the liquor policy closure, Mr. Saxena said, “The policy was implemented for the sole purpose of aiming profits to private owners and causing huge losses to the exchequer.”

He later added that The BJP suspected various huge corruption policies in name of liquor policy started by AAP, which allowed many retailers to offer huge amounts of discounts to customers to attract more buyers.

AAP party on the matter said, “The aim for launching this policy was to minimize the amount of corruption, and if anything, its BJP that is misusing CBI and ED for their political agendas.”  

Later the Lieutenant Governor suspended 11 officials who had connections with the case.

(With inputs from Multiple Media Outlets)

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