The Supreme Court on April 8 either quashed or simply disposed of complaints of money laundering against former IAS officer Anil Tuteja, his son Yash and others in the alleged ₹2,000 crore liquor scam in Chhattisgarh, saying there were no scheduled offences nor proceeds of crime involved.
A Bench headed by Justice A.S. Oka said the Tutejas had not been even named as accused in the complaint. Since there was none of scheduled offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) involved in the case, it would be purposeless for the trial judge to even apply his mind on whether to take cognisance or not.
The court quashed the complaint against Anwar Dhebar and Arun Pati Tripathi, who were both named accused in the case.
