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TMI BlogED arrests former Chhattisgarh minister Kawasi Lakhma in 'liquor scam'X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ED arrests former Chhattisgarh minister Kawasi Lakhma in 'liquor scam' - PTI News Dated:- 15-1-2025 PTI - News - ED arrests former Chhattisgarh minister Kawasi Lakhma in 'liquor scam' - - - Dated:- 15-1-2025 - Raipur, Jan 15 (PTI) The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested Congress MLA in Chhattisgarh and former state excise minister Kawasi Lakhma in an alleged liquor scam. He was produced ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... before the special court for Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) here which granted the ED his custodial remand till January 21. The central agency had on December 28 raided the properties of the former minister and his son Harish in Raipur, Sukma and Dhamtari districts as part of a money laundering investigation into the case. It subsequently questioned Lakhma (71) and his son in the case. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Lakhma was called for questioning to the ED office here in the Pachpedi Naka area on Wednesday and arrested in the afternoon. The legislator was produced in the court of special PMLA judge Atul Kumar Shrivastav with the ED seeking his custody for 14 days, Special Public Prosecutor Saurabh Kumar Pande said. The court granted his custodial remand to the ED till January 21, he added. Earlier, talking ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... to reporters before entering the courtroom, Lakhma claimed that no document or even a single penny were found during the raids. "I am being sent to jail in a false case," he said. The tribal leader alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai were trying to suppress the voice of a poor tribal who was also the voice of the tribal-domina ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ted Bastar region. "As panchayat polls are going to take place in the state, they want to keep me away from the elections," Lakhma claimed. Congress leader and former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel accused the ED of acting on the directives of the BJP-led Union government. "The arrest of former minister and senior MLA Kawasi Lakhma ji is an action taken with the intention of political vendetta. On ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... the instructions of its masters sitting in the central government, the ED has been conspiring to defame Congress leaders. The entire Congress party stands with Kawasi Lakhma ji," Baghel said in a post on 'X'. The ED in a statement had earlier claimed that Lakhma was the main recipient of the proceeds of crime when he was the excise minister during the Congress regime. Lakhma, as per the ED, used t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... o receive substantial amounts in cash on a monthly basis. The alleged liquor scam, as per the ED, took place between 2019-22 when Chhattisgarh was ruled by the Bhupesh Baghel-led Congress government. Lakhma, a six-time MLA from Konta (Sukma district), was the excise minister then. The scam resulted in a massive loss to the state exchequer and filled the pockets of the beneficiaries of the liquor s ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... yndicate with more than Rs 2,100 crore, the agency had claimed. PTI TKP KRK - - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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