“The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on May 6 arrested Raipur Mayor Aijaz Dhebar’s elder brother Anwar in a money-laundering case linked to the alleged liquor scam in Chhattisgarh,” official sources said. Aijaz Dhebar, 47, is a ruling party mayor in the Congress-ruled State.
“His elder brother Anwar, who runs a liquor business, was taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) from a Raipur hotel in the morning,” the sources said.
“In a security escort of the CRPF, he was produced before a court in Raipur for seeking his further custody,” they said.