Rs 3,500 crore AP liquor 'scam': 20 places in 4 states, Delhi-NCR searched

NEW DELHI: In the Rs 3,500 crore liquor 'scam' lawsuit successful Andhra Pradesh with allegations of kickbacks against erstwhile CM Jagan Mohan Reddy and others, the Enforcement Directorate connected Thursday conducted searches astatine 20 locations crossed Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Delhi-NCR.Sources said the searches were carried retired connected the premises of accused companies and individuals who "facilitated outgo of kickbacks done bogus/inflated invoices". According to the chargesheet filed by the Andhra Pradesh Police's peculiar probe squad (SIT), Jagan is among the alleged beneficiaries of the kickbacks generated from the liquor 'scam'. The SIT has filed aggregate chargesheets and arrested respective accused, including YSRCP Lok Sabha MP PV Midhun Reddy.

The erstwhile YSRCP govt is accused of framing its excise argumentation successful specified a mode that it led to power the organisation of liquor done authorities outlets and allegedly generating kickbacks done distilleries. Some of the entities searched connected Thursday included Arete Institute of Medical Sciences Pvt Ltd, Shree Jewellers Eximp, NR Udhyog LLP, India Fruits Pvt Ltd (Chennai), Venkateshwara Packaging, Suvarna Durga Bottles Pvt Ltd, Rao Saheb Boorugu Mahadev Jewellers, Ushodaya Enterprises and Mohan Lal Jewellers (Chennai). The ED's wealth laundering probe is based connected an FIR registered by SIT. The SIT has filed 3 chargesheets truthful acold successful the lawsuit alleging that an mean of Rs 50-60 crore successful kickbacks were generated successful the 'scam' each month, wherever Jagan and radical associated with him were beneficiaries.