IAS officer Anil Tuteja, Raipur mayor’s brother named as ‘kingpins’ of liquor syndicate

By PTI

RAIPUR: The Enforcement Directorate has alleged that Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Anil Tuteja was the “kingpin” of an illegal liquor syndicate in Chhattisgarh along with liquor businessman Anwar Dhebar and the corruption money was moreover used for electioneering.

The ED said its investigation moreover revealed that from 2019 to 2022, the sale of “unaccounted illicit” liquor was almost 30-40 per cent of the total liquor sale throughout the state.

In its software program filed in a specific court docket docket in Raipur on Saturday in quest of remand of liquor businessman Anwar Dhebar, the ED said there was an infinite liquor commerce rip-off in Chhattisgarh by a syndicate comprising high-level state authorities officers, private people and political executives that generated corruption money of better than Rs 2,000 crore.

Anwar is the elder brother of Congress chief and Raipur Mayor Aijaz Dhebar.

Tuteja, a 2003 batch IAS officer, is presently posted as a result of the joint secretary throughout the state’s enterprise and commerce division.

The ED arrested Anwar Dhebar on Saturday.

The specific Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court docket docket subsequently despatched him in four-day custody of the ED.

The firm filed a case last 12 months in opposition to Tuteja and others to investigate the matter beneath the PMLA on the thought of prosecution criticism (value sheet) filed by the Income Tax Department in a Delhi court docket docket in opposition to Tuteja and others, it said.

A felony syndicate was working in Chhattisgarh which was making illegal bribe collections by controlling the high-level administration of key state departments, notably the excise division (that provides in liquor), and state public sector undertakings (PSUs), the ED claimed.

“The syndicate comprised of high-level state government officials, private persons and political executives of the state government. Tuteja was managing the affairs and was the kingpin of this illegal syndicate along with Anwar,” it alleged.

“Huge amount of corruption was happening in the excise department and hundreds of crores of cash was being collected from every possible point of access in a distributed hierarchical manner. The syndicate, after keeping its cut, passed on the final loot for the benefit of political executives and for electioneering,” it said.

Anwar was the precept assortment agent and frontman of this syndicate.

There is restricted digital proof depicting provide of Rs 14.41 crore by Anwar to Tuteja, the ED claimed.

The firm’s software program said the syndicate collected illegal money in three different methods from the sale of liquor in Chhattisgarh.

These included illegal payment charged from liquor suppliers for accounted its sale throughout the state, sale of off-the-record unaccounted nation liquor (in fashion in Chhattisgarh) from state-run retailers and annual payment paid to allow distillers to operate throughout the state, it said.

The excise protection throughout the state was amended in 2017 and the Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corporation Limited (CSMCL) was thus created with the accountability to retail liquor throughout the state by the use of its outlets.

In May 2019, Arunpati Tripathi was made the CSMCL’s managing director on the behest of Anwar, the ED said.

Tripathi was then assigned with the responsibility to maximise the bribe payment collected on liquor procured by CSMCL, and to make wanted affiliation in the marketplace of non-duty paid liquor throughout the corporation-run retailers.

Tripathi was supported by Anwar and senior IAS officers on this operation, it claimed.

The firm’s investigation has established that in order to resolve the quantum of payment on the sale of nation liquor, a gathering was generally known as in 2019 by Anwar whereby distillers had been demanded to pay Rs 75 per case payment in opposition to its procurement by CSMCL.

In return, Anwar promised to elevate their “landing rates” proportionately, the ED said.

This system was agreed upon and the syndicate started gathering giant amount of payment on the sale of accounted liquor situations.

Majority of the collected amount was given to Anwar and he shared majority of it with a political social gathering, it said.

“A more sinister scheme was made to manufacture and sell unaccounted illicit liquor. Unaccounted liquor was sold from state-run shops. Duplicate holograms and bottles were used. Liquor was transported directly from distiller to shops bypassing state warehouses. Excise officials were involved. The entire sale was done in cash,” the ED claimed.

“No income tax and no excise duty, etc were paid. The entire sale was off the books. The entire sale consideration was siphoned off with each person getting its share including distiller, transporter, hologram maker, bottle maker, excise official, higher echelons of excise department, Anwar Dhebar, senior IAS officer(s) and politicians,” it said.

The ED’s investigation has revealed that from 2019 to 2022, this type of illegal sale was almost 30-40 per cent of the total sale of liquor throughout the state, it claimed.

After paying the distillers and native excise officers, Anwar took the utmost remaining amount and after deducting share of 15 per cent meant for himself and Tuteja, he used to supply the remaining to politicians as per the directions from the perfect political executives of the state, the ED alleged.

“It is clear that massive corruption has occurred in the excise department of Chhattisgarh since 2019 —The ED investigation has established that more than Rs 2,000 crore of corruption money has been generated by this syndicate,” it claimed.

Anwar won’t be the final phrase beneficiary of all the proceeds of crime generated on this case.

He is barely a personal one who won’t be holding anyplace throughout the authorities and easily using his proximity to the mayor of Raipur and the ruling political social gathering (Congress), it said.

The ED claimed Anwar has planted his affiliate Vikas Agrawal in Dubai and all the illegally earned proceeds of crime have been invested throughout the UAE in order to alienate the equivalent.

Anwar’s counsel Rahul Tyagi on Saturday claimed the movement in opposition to his shopper appeared to be politically motivated.

RAIPUR: The Enforcement Directorate has alleged that Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Anil Tuteja was the “kingpin” of an illegal liquor syndicate in Chhattisgarh along with liquor businessman Anwar Dhebar and the corruption money was moreover used for electioneering.

The ED said its investigation moreover revealed that from 2019 to 2022, the sale of “unaccounted illicit” liquor was almost 30-40 per cent of the total liquor sale throughout the state.

In its software program filed in a specific court docket docket in Raipur on Saturday in quest of remand of liquor businessman Anwar Dhebar, the ED said there was an infinite liquor commerce rip-off in Chhattisgarh by a syndicate comprising high-level state authorities officers, private people and political executives that generated corruption money of better than Rs 2,000 crore.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Anwar is the elder brother of Congress chief and Raipur Mayor Aijaz Dhebar.

Tuteja, a 2003 batch IAS officer, is presently posted as a result of the joint secretary throughout the state’s enterprise and commerce division.

The ED arrested Anwar Dhebar on Saturday.

The specific Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court docket docket subsequently despatched him in four-day custody of the ED.

The firm filed a case last 12 months in opposition to Tuteja and others to investigate the matter beneath the PMLA on the thought of prosecution criticism (value sheet) filed by the Income Tax Department in a Delhi court docket docket in opposition to Tuteja and others, it said.

A felony syndicate was working in Chhattisgarh which was making illegal bribe collections by controlling the high-level administration of key state departments, notably the excise division (that provides in liquor), and state public sector undertakings (PSUs), the ED claimed.

“The syndicate comprised of high-level state government officials, private persons and political executives of the state government. Tuteja was managing the affairs and was the kingpin of this illegal syndicate along with Anwar,” it alleged.

“Huge amount of corruption was happening in the excise department and hundreds of crores of cash was being collected from every possible point of access in a distributed hierarchical manner. The syndicate, after keeping its cut, passed on the final loot for the benefit of political executives and for electioneering,” it said.

Anwar was the precept assortment agent and frontman of this syndicate.

There is restricted digital proof depicting provide of Rs 14.41 crore by Anwar to Tuteja, the ED claimed.

The firm’s software program said the syndicate collected illegal money in three different methods from the sale of liquor in Chhattisgarh.

These included illegal payment charged from liquor suppliers for accounted its sale throughout the state, sale of off-the-record unaccounted nation liquor (in fashion in Chhattisgarh) from state-run retailers and annual payment paid to allow distillers to operate throughout the state, it said.

The excise protection throughout the state was amended in 2017 and the Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corporation Limited (CSMCL) was thus created with the accountability to retail liquor throughout the state by the use of its outlets.

In May 2019, Arunpati Tripathi was made the CSMCL’s managing director on the behest of Anwar, the ED said.

Tripathi was then assigned with the responsibility to maximise the bribe payment collected on liquor procured by CSMCL, and to make wanted affiliation in the marketplace of non-duty paid liquor throughout the corporation-run retailers.

Tripathi was supported by Anwar and senior IAS officers on this operation, it claimed.

The firm’s investigation has established that in order to resolve the quantum of payment on the sale of nation liquor, a gathering was generally known as in 2019 by Anwar whereby distillers had been demanded to pay Rs 75 per case payment in opposition to its procurement by CSMCL.

In return, Anwar promised to elevate their “landing rates” proportionately, the ED said.

This system was agreed upon and the syndicate started gathering giant amount of payment on the sale of accounted liquor situations.

Majority of the collected amount was given to Anwar and he shared majority of it with a political social gathering, it said.

“A more sinister scheme was made to manufacture and sell unaccounted illicit liquor. Unaccounted liquor was sold from state-run shops. Duplicate holograms and bottles were used. Liquor was transported directly from distiller to shops bypassing state warehouses. Excise officials were involved. The entire sale was done in cash,” the ED claimed.

“No income tax and no excise duty, etc were paid. The entire sale was off the books. The entire sale consideration was siphoned off with each person getting its share including distiller, transporter, hologram maker, bottle maker, excise official, higher echelons of excise department, Anwar Dhebar, senior IAS officer(s) and politicians,” it said.

The ED’s investigation has revealed that from 2019 to 2022, this type of illegal sale was almost 30-40 per cent of the total sale of liquor throughout the state, it claimed.

After paying the distillers and native excise officers, Anwar took the utmost remaining amount and after deducting share of 15 per cent meant for himself and Tuteja, he used to supply the remaining to politicians as per the directions from the perfect political executives of the state, the ED alleged.

“It is clear that massive corruption has occurred in the excise department of Chhattisgarh since 2019 —The ED investigation has established that more than Rs 2,000 crore of corruption money has been generated by this syndicate,” it claimed.

Anwar won’t be the final phrase beneficiary of all the proceeds of crime generated on this case.

He is barely a personal one who won’t be holding anyplace throughout the authorities and easily using his proximity to the mayor of Raipur and the ruling political social gathering (Congress), it said.

The ED claimed Anwar has planted his affiliate Vikas Agrawal in Dubai and all the illegally earned proceeds of crime have been invested throughout the UAE in order to alienate the equivalent.

Anwar’s counsel Rahul Tyagi on Saturday claimed the movement in opposition to his shopper appeared to be politically motivated.