ACB action on the second day in Jharkhand's liquor fraud, three arrested, including two officers arrested

Ranchi, May 21 (IANS). The anti -corruption bureau performed in the liquor fraud in Jharkhand on Wednesday for the second consecutive day. The investigative agency has arrested Verkaj Kumar Singh, a local representative of the Manpower Provider ‘Vision “for liquor stores, except for former GM Sudhir Kumar of Jharkhand Bivience Corporation and the current GM Sudhir Kumar tie. Earlier, the ACB arrested the senior IAS officer and former secretary of excise department Vinay Choubey and joint product commissioner Gajendra Singh on Tuesday after questioning for about six and a half hours. The ACB team on Wednesday attacked the state office of the Excise Division and sought several files there. During this, the former GM Sudhir Kumar of Jharkhand Bivience Corporation and the current GM Sudhir Kumar Das were questioned. He was then arrested. In the investigation so far, there is a liquor fraud worth about 100 crore calls in the state. In this regard, ACB submitted a FIR on Tuesday with the consent of the Cabinet Secretariat and Monitoring Department of the State Government. Earlier, in this case, the bureau conducted a preliminary investigation by registering provisional investigation (PE). It is noteworthy that the liquor fraud in Jharkhand began in the year 2022 with the implementation of a new excise policy on the lines of Chhattisgarh. The agreement was signed with Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corporation Limited (CSMCL) as a consultant to put this policy on the ground. During the implementation of this policy in Jharkhand, large -scale disturbances were made. It is alleged that the conditions of the tender have been changed in an arbitrary way to get a particular syndicate tender. In collaboration with Chhattisgarh’s consultant business, Syndicate together obtained the liquor supply and hologram system contracts in Jharkhand. Bank guarantees deposited by tender businesses also appear to be false. This has caused a loss of rupees for the state government. The ACB investigation also revealed that there was a major fraud in the name of manpower stock for the sale of drinks. -Ians snc/Ekd shares these story -tags