RAIPUR: A special court in Raipur on Friday sent bussinessman and brother of Raipur Mayor Anwer Dhebar and Nitesh Purohit to jail on judicial remand for 14 days.
Anwer Dhebar is accused of corruption and money laundering to the tune of Rs 2,000 crores between 2019 and 2022 in an organized syndicate in Chhattisgarh.
Dhebar along with Purohit, AP Tripathi and Dhillion were produced before the court by the ED. Tripathi and Dhillon hsve been pronounced a 4 day remand under ED.
ED arrested Anwer Dhebar on May 6th following a raid at multiple locations in March. “Commission of Rs 75-150 per case (depending on the type of liquor) was fastidiously charged by the syndicate from the suppliers for each accounted cash procured by CSMCL. Anwar Dhebar in conspiracy with the others started getting manufacturing unaccounted country-made kacha off-the-books liquor and selling the same through government-run shops. This way they could keep the entire sale proceeds without depositing even 1 Rupee in the State Exchequer,” a statement earlier issued by ED stated.
Purohit is the promoter of Hotel Giriraj in Raipur city while Dhillon is a Bhilai-based liquor businessman. Tripathi is the Special Secretary in the state’s Excise Department and Managing Director of the Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corp Ltd.