Raipur. Chhattisgarh’s Rs 2000 crore liquor scam accused withdraw plea challenging ED action. The SC made a stern remark that the provisions of the PMLA Act have been upheld. Still the accused are challenging them for protection from arrest. This is an abuse of judicial process.
#SupremeCourt hears plea of Akhtar Dhebar (accused in Chattisgarh Liquor Scam case) challenging provisions of PMLA.
— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) May 30, 2023
Dr Singhvi: We have instructions to withdraw. I am withdrawing the main writ.
ASG: But there should be an observation that he cannot come back.#SupremeCourt pic.twitter.com/gOlSojvNk8
Significantly, the ED has claimed corruption and money laundering of more than Rs 2,000 crore in liquor in the state. Anwar Dhebar has been arrested in this. The ED has claimed that a scam of Rs 2 thousand crore has taken place in the state from 2019 to 2022. It had the support of big leaders and officials of the state. Anwar Dhebar has been accused of selling raw liquor in government liquor shop and earning profit from it.
[Chattisgarh Liquor Scam case]
— Bar & Bench (@barandbench) May 30, 2023
Sr Adv AM Singhvi withdraws the plea by Akhtar Dhebar challenging validity of some of the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act
Plea by Chattisgarh’s Excise official Niranjan Das also withdrawn#SupremeCourt pic.twitter.com/g9HjxsOdsu
Trilok Singh Dhillon is alleged to have voluntarily and knowingly allowed his bank accounts and firms to be used for large amounts of scam money. In this case the main beneficiary is ED has frozen FDs worth Rs 27.5 crore in the name of his firms involved in money laundering and also seized Rs 52 lakh in cash.
