ED arrests liquor trader in Delhi excise policy case

The Enforcement Directorate has taken major action in the case of alleged corruption in the Delhi Excise Policy. ED has arrested the country's most famous liquor baron Sameer Mahendru in the case of money laundering related to corruption in the Excise Policy. Before his arrest, the central probe agency had interrogated Sameer Mahendru for several rounds. Many questions were asked to him regarding the new excise policy. After being fully convinced, the ED arrested Sameer Mahendru.

The famous liquor businessman has been arrested under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. It is being told that the Enforcement Directorate can present Sameer Mahendru in the court on Wednesday itself.

It is worth noting that in comparison to the old liquor policy of the Delhi government, Excise Minister Manish Sisodia had brought a new policy in the year 2021-22. The investigating agency has made serious allegations of corruption in it. The investigating agency claims that the new policy has increased the retail margin of liquor sellers by 989%.

The CBI is also taking action in the alleged scam case in the new excise policy of the Delhi government. After this, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) also became active in this case and registered a case of money laundering. After this raids were conducted at 30 places including Delhi, Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, Gurugram in Haryana, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Hyderabad.

Sameer Mahendru is one of the famous businessmen of the country. Before the ED, the CBI had also investigated against Sameer Mahendru. Sameer Mahendru is the Managing Director of Indospirit Company. Officials say that Sameer was the main witness of the CBI against two officers for corruption in the year 2013. Now ED has arrested Sameer Mahendru in the case of alleged corruption in Delhi Excise Policy. He was questioned for several rounds. According to the media, as a prosecution witness for the CBI, Mahendru had testified against two officials of the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (DSIIDC). The officials were accused that they used to ask for four-five bottles of expensive liquor every month from the distributors.

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