The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is conducting raids at multiple locations across the country Delhi, Gurugram, Lucknow, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Hyderabad on the premises of those linked to the accused named in the case. This included raids on the residential premises of Sameer Mahendru, the Managing Director of Indospirits, in south Delhi’s upscale Jor Bagh area.
Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and some bureaucrats have been named as accused in the alleged scam related to the Delhi excise policy, which has now been rolled back.The CBI has also named three public servants, including Arva Gopi Krishna, the then Excise Commissioner and IAS officer, Anand Tiwari, the then Deputy Excise Commissioner, Pankaj Bhatnagar, Assistant Commissioner (Excise).
The CBI FIR is based on the complaint received from Lt Governor of Delhi VK Saxena, alleging irregularities in the framing and implementation of the excise policy of GNCTD of Delhi for the year 2021-22.
