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File photo of Union Minister Anurag Thakur. (Image: ANI)
According to the ED, the alleged kickbacks from a liquor nexus were delivered to Nair, the AAP functionary arrested in the case.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Saturday said that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal should clarify his connection with Vijay Nair, an accused arrested in the alleged excise policy scam.
Thakur alleged that former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who has also been arrested as part of the probe, was probably the main accused, but it was Kejriwal who was the “mastermind”.
The senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader asked, “What is the relationship between Arvind Kejriwal and Vijay Nair? Was Nair present while formulating the excise policy? The main accused may be Sisodia, but the kingpin is Kejriwal.”
According to the ED, the alleged kickbacks from a liquor nexus were delivered to Nair, the AAP functionary arrested in the case.
Sisodia was held by the Central Bureau of Investigation late last month in connection with alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of Delhi’s Excise Policy 2021-22.
On Thursday, he was arrested in Tihar Jail by the Enforcement Directorate, which told a court that he “conspired” with others to formulate a defective product policy to generate bribery and proceeds of crime to the tune of over Rs 290 crore. Did. Union minister Thakur also slammed Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader Kavita for spreading “false propaganda” after she was questioned by the ED for nine hours during the day in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Excise Policy.
It is alleged that the Delhi government’s excise policy for granting licenses to liquor traders for 2021-22 allowed cartelization and favored some dealers who allegedly paid bribes for the same, an allegation by the ruling AAP was vehemently denied.
The policy was later scrapped and the lieutenant governor of Delhi recommended a CBI probe, following which the ED registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
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