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In a major development, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested two more people, including the head of a pharmaceutical company, in connection with a money laundering case related to the Delhi Excise Policy case.
A source of ED related to the investigation informed this information The New Indian“We have arrested Vinay Babu of Pernad Records and Sharath Reddy of Arvind Pharma in this case.”
Earlier, the ED had arrested Indospirits MD Sameer Mahendru for his involvement in the case on September 27.
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The ED conducted searches at more than 180 locations in two months after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a money laundering case based on an FIR.
The CBI has registered a case against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, as accused number one, with his close aide Vijay Nair, former CEO of Mumbai-based entertainment and event management company Only Much Louder, as co-accused. The ED has named 13 individuals across Lucknow, Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai and Karnataka, including liquor companies Brandco and IndoSpirit.
Apart from Sisodia, the CBI named 14 others, including three government employees: then Excise Commissioner Arva Gopi Krishna; Then Deputy Excise Commissioner Anand Tiwari and Assistant Commissioner (Excise) Pankaj Bhatnagar.
The CBI alleged in its FIR that Sisodia’s close associates were actively involved in “managing and diverting undue financial benefits” collected from liquor licensees to the accused government servants.
In the FIR, the CBI also alleged that Mahendru transferred Rs 1 crore to the account of Radha Industries, which is run by Dinesh Arora, a close aide of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader.
Apart from Mahendru and Nair, the CBI has also named Manoj Rai, a former employee of Lucknow-based Pernod Ricard; Amandeep Dhal, Director, Delhi-based Brindco Sales Pvt. Limited; Amit Arora, Director, Buddy Retail Private Limited; Dinesh Arora, Delhi-based Mahadev Liquors; Sunny Marwah, an authorized signatory of Mahadev Liquors; Arun Ramachandra Pillai of Bangalore, Karnataka and Arjun Pandey of Gurgaon. The CBI has also named other unnamed government employees and private individuals in the FIR.
The CBI is to arrest Nair, AAP’s communication in-charge, and Hyderabad-based businessman Abhishek Boinpali in connection with the case.
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