The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday told a court that more than ₹2,000 crore of corruption money had been generated by a syndicate “comprising high-level State government officials, private persons and Political Executives of the State government” through an alleged liquor scam in Chhattisgarh.
Moving the remand application of Anwar Dhebar, a brother of Raipur mayor Aijaz Dhebar who was arrested on Saturday, the ED called him one of the two kingpins of the alleged syndicate [the other being IAS Officer Anil Tuteja, a co accused in the money laundering case], and its “main collection agent and front man”.
In its application, the agency claimed that after paying the distillers and local excise officers, Mr. Anwar Dhebar took the maximum remaining amount and after deducting a share of 15% meant for himself and Anil Tuteja, IAS, he used to supply the remaining to politicians “as per the directions from the highest Political Executives of the State”.
