Ranchi : The CBI has registered an FIR against seven people for demanding money in the name of Kapil Raj, Joint Director for managing the Delhi liquor scam. In this, seven people including ED’s assistant director Pawan Khatri, Air India employee, CA Praveen Vats have been named as accused. After receiving information about taking money to manage the liquor scam, ED’s Joint Director Kapil Raj raided the case and gathered evidence against those involved.
He handed over the report related to this to the senior officials. After this, ED’s Special Director Sonia Narang requested the CBI to register an FIR in the matter. In Jharkhand also, there is information about some people demanding money in the name of Kapil Raj in the name of managing the case. Senior officials of ED are also probing this information.
During the investigation of Delhi liquor scam, ED got information that some people are demanding money to manage the scam case. Money has been demanded in the name of Kapil Raj, Joint Director monitoring the investigation of Delhi liquor scam and money has also been taken. During the investigation, it was learned that Rs 30 crore was demanded to manage the entire matter.
The deal was fixed for Rs 10 crore. In the light of this information, after collecting more information, raids were conducted at the locations of ED’s assistant director and others under the leadership of Kapil Raj. In this, a transaction of Rs 5 crore was confirmed. In the name of managing the case, the liquor traders paid three crore rupees in December 2022 and two crore rupees in January 2023 to CA Praveen Vats.
The meeting took place in the hotel:
Rs 2.19 crore in cash, Rs 1.9 crore in jewellery, Rs 2.62 crore deposited in bank accounts and two expensive vehicles were recovered from the house of Praveen Vats, CA, who was the middleman between ED’s assistant director and others. Idi has seized this. Nothing special was found during the raid from the house of ED’s assistant director Pawan Khatri. However, the presence of Assistant Director Pawan Khatri and UDC Nitesh Kohre was confirmed in the meetings between the people involved in the conspiracy hatched to manage the case.
The meeting of all the accused was held at Claridge’s Hotel. During the investigation of the CCTV footage of the hotel, it was confirmed that all these people reached the hotel in different vehicles. During interrogation, CA Praveen Vats told that Deepak Sangwan, who works in Air India, had assured to manage the case in exchange of money. It was Deepak Sangwan who introduced him to Pawan Khatri, assistant director of ED. 50-50 lakhs were given to him as advance only on Deepak’s request.
During interrogation, Hotel Claridge’s CEO Vikramaditya Singh had told that Amandeep Dhan had come to him for help. After this he talked to CA Praveen Vats and he was paid five crore rupees in two instalments.
list of named accused
Pawan Khatri, Assistant Director ED, Delhi
Nitesh Kohar, UDC, ED, Delhi
Deepak Sangwan, Air India employee
Amandeep Singh Dhal, Liquor Merchant
Birender Pal Singh, Liquor Merchant
Praveen Kumar Vats, CA
Vikramaditya, CEO Claridge’s Hotel