02-06-2025
15 get ACB notice in liquor scam
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Ranchi: The anti-corruption bureau (ACB) has issued summons to 15 persons for questioning next week in the Rs 38cr liquor scam.
Among the persons who have been issued the summons are excise secretary Manoj Kumar and former excise commissioner Amit Prakash.
A managing director and directors of private companies have also been called.
DGP Anurag Gupta, who also heads the ACB, said, "Many officials have been summoned. A lot of files have to be scanned to reveal the truth of the scam. We would ensure that none raises fingers at our probe."
The ACB had on May 20 arrested senior IAS officer Vinay Kumar Choubey and excise officer Gajendra Singh in the scam.
The bureau on May 22 nabbed Jharkhand State Beverage Corporation Limited's general manager (GM) of finance, Sudhir Kumar Das, and GM, operation-cum-finance, Sudhir Kumar and a local representative of M/s Marshan Innovative Security Service Limited Neeraj Kumar Singh in the case.
