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Time of India
3 days ago
- Time of India
Two liquor scam accused sent to jail
Ranchi: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday produced suspended IAS officer Vinay Choubey and excise officer Gajendra Singh before the special ACB court which sent them to the Birsa Munda Central jail under judicial custody in connection with the liquor scam. During the hearing, ACB did not plead for further police remand of the two accused officers. Viplav Ajmani, the advocate appearing on behalf of the accused, prayed that Choubey be sent to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) due to his medical conditions. The ACB public prosecutor, Vijendra Sahay, argued that the provision should be allowed only if the medical condition of the accused requires it. The court ordered that Choubey be sent to jail and directed the jail superintendent to provide treatment to him by a doctor under the jail manual. The court also asked the jail administration to provide day-to-day reports on his health. ACB arrested Choubey and Singh on May 20 in connection with the Rs 38-crore liquor scam in the state.
India Today
20-05-2025
- India Today
IAS officer Vinay Choubey among 2 arrested in Jharkhand excise scam
The Jharkhand Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday arrested Excise Secretary Vinay Choubey (IAS) in the Ranchi excise scam case, officials said. Joint Commissioner of Excise, Gajendra Singh, was also arrested for his alleged role in the liquor ACB has accused Vinay Choubey of colluding with the Chhattisgarh liquor syndicate to formulate a new excise policy in Jharkhand and causing financial losses to the state case pertains to the new liquor policy made in Jharkhand in the year 2022. It is alleged that the policy was altered to benefit the people associated with the liquor syndicate of Chhattisgarh. A case was registered in the matter on September 27, 2024, naming seven people, including Choubey, as accused. Later, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided several places on charges of money laundering and seized incriminating documents, before the ACB of Chhattisgarh sought permission from the Jharkhand government to prosecute Vinay Choubey and Gajendra the complaint of Ranchi resident Vikas Kumar, an FIR was registered in Raipur in 2024 under sections 420 (fraud) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Another businessman Anil Tuteja, was also named in the to the FIR, the accused businessmen of Chhattisgarh together got contracts for the supply of liquor, arrangement of workers and hologram system in Jharkhand, which resulted in financial losses to the Jharkhand state exchequer, while the accused benefitted with Jharkhand ACB registered a case after an FIR filed by the Chhattisgarh Economic Offences Wing (EOW). During the investigation of the same, the ACB interrogated both Choubey and Gajendra the basis of the information received during the preliminary inquiry, the ACB registered a regular FIR in the liquor scam with the permission of the Jharkhand in March 2025, the EOW, after completing the investigation of the FIR registered in Chhattisgarh, wrote a letter to the state government and requested it to issue a prosecution sanction order against Vinay Choubey and Gajendra receiving a legal opinion from a Supreme Court lawyer into the matter, the Jharkhand ACB detained Choubey from his residence on Tuesday morning, hours before summoning Gajendra Singh to their the duo were questioned about their alleged role in the excise scam, the anti-corruption agency arrested both of them. IN THIS STORY#Jharkhand#Chhattisgarh
