Raipur
In a startling revelation, the Enforcement Directorate on Thursday learnt to have claimed that the money of the mastermind of the liquor scam was kept in Hotel Giriraj. After the arrest of Nitesh Purohit, the ED told the court that the accused gave Rs 163 crore to IAS Anil Tuteja and Pappu Bansal at the behest of Anwar Dhebar.
The ED said that the accused allowed his premises of Giriraj Hotel to be used for storage and movement of illicit funds. In the data shared by the IT Department, it is mentioned that even in an earlier occasion, an amount of Rs 1 crore cash was seized from the premises in April 2019 from Goldie Bhatia of Bhatia Group of Distillers by the IT Department.
ED arrested Pappu Dhillon, a big liquor baron of Bhilai on Thursday morning. This is one of the ongoing arrests in Chhattisgarh in the Rs 2,000 crore liquor scam.
According to sources, Dhillon’s was into liquor business in Chhattisgarh till some time back. But gradually he consolidated his business here and in recent years is being counted among the big player in the liquor business in Delhi, Jharkhand and Punjab.
He did a big business in Punjab during the short tenure of the Channi government. Pappu Dhillon was summoned by the ED on Wednesday at 5 pm. Pappu had reached in his car and then at 7.30 pm the car returned to Bhilai without carrying him. After overnight interrogation, the arrest was made in the morning. He can be produced in the court anytime on Thursday.
