Raids At 35 Places Across Delhi, Punjab, Hyderabad In Liquor Policy Case

The Enforcement Directorate has launched fresh raids at about 35 locations in Delhi, Punjab and Hyderabad, deepening its money laundering probe into alleged irregularities in the now scrapped Delhi liquor policy.

The searches are being conducted at premises linked to liquor businessmen, distributors and supply chain networks in these states.

The action started early morning with agency teams seen leaving the headquarters for the locations.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) case of money laundering in the excise policy stems from a CBI FIR in which Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and some Delhi government bureaucrats have been named as accused.

The Delhi Excise Policy, implemented from November 17 last year, was scrapped by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal government in July this year following a CBI probe recommended by Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena into its implementation.