The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday raided a total of 33 locations including seven districts of Jharkhand and two districts of West Bengal in the liquor scam case in Jharkhand. In the purview of the raid, Rohit Oraon, son of State Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon, liquor baron Yogendra Tiwari and people associated with him, shell company operators, builders, land traders and people associated with timber business are included. The ED also raided the places of former BJP MLA Nirbhay Shahabadi and his son in Giridih.
The ED also raided the locations of big vehicle businessman Vinay Singh. Meanwhile, there is news that around Rs 30 lakh cash has been recovered from the cupboard and briefcase containing the files of the Finance Minister. The ED will issue summons to Finance Minister Rameshwar Oraon for questioning about the source of the recovered money. At the same time, in raids at other places, the ED team has found documents related to investment. ED has taken this action in April 2021 in the ECIR case registered in connection with the liquor scam. The ED had registered the CSIR on the basis of an FIR lodged by the police officers on the charges of trading liquor by affixing fake holograms, labels.
A huge amount of jewelery has been found from the house of Vinay Singh, a vehicle dealer in Anantapur. The value of the recovered jewelery has been estimated at Rs 1.14 crore. Now it is being compared with Vinay Singh’s income tax return, so that it can be ascertained that how many of these ornaments have been declared in income tax. According to sources, Vinay Singh had played an important role in the transactions that took place in order to formulate the old product policy.
Here, during the investigation of bank accounts, details of transactions of 20 people including former BJP MLA Nirbhay Shahabadi with liquor baron Yogendra Tiwari and his associates have been found. That is why they have also been included in the purview of raids. The ED has given summons to Yogendra Tiwari during the raid and directed him to appear at the regional office in Ranchi for questioning on August 26.
ED action after monitoring liquor traders for two years:
In the light of the FIR lodged in 2021, the ED started raids on Wednesday after monitoring the liquor business in the state and the people involved in it under the new and old policy. In the financial year 2021-22, Yogendra Tiwari had obtained the contract for the wholesale trade of liquor. In 19 out of 24 districts of the state, people related to them were involved in the wholesale trade of liquor in the name of different establishments.
ED found in the investigation that for all these people, demand drafts of about Rs 30 crore were made from the branch of the same bank in Jamtara. In preliminary investigation, ED has also found evidence related to investment in liquor business by Rohit Oraon through Yogendra Tiwari. On this basis, ED also raided the place of Rohit Oraon. The government had implemented the excise policy in the year 2021-22 without taking the opinion of the Revenue Board. A petition was filed in the High Court in this regard.
However, it was not decided even after the expiry of the product policy. In the financial year 2022-23, the government sought opinion from the Board of Revenue on the excise policy. Revenue council member Amarendra Pratap Singh had objected to several provisions of the new excise policy. It included many important points including tender, tax. After the council’s objection, the government implemented it after making partial amendments in some rules of the excise policy. The government made Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corporation Limited an advisor in the new product policy. Also, Prism Holography Security Films Pvt Ltd was given the job of printing holograms. Later this agreement was cancelled.
Around 30 lakh cash found from Finance Minister’s almirah, jewelery worth Rs 1.14 crore found at vehicle dealer Vinay Singh’s
Politicians, liquor traders, builders, people associated with timber business raided in eight districts of Jharkhand and two districts of West Bengal
In April 2021, ED took action in the IIR case registered in the liquor scam case.
In the financial year 2021-22, Yogendra Tiwari had obtained the contract for the wholesale trade of liquor.
Only people related to Yogendra were involved in the wholesale trade of liquor in 19 districts of the state.
Demand drafts of Rs 30 crore were made from the branch of the same bank in Jamtara.
ED can also investigate illegal business of sand
Ranchi. ED had registered an ECIR in 2022 as well. It was registered on the basis of four FIRs. Out of this, two FIRs are related to disturbances in the land, one related to illegal sand mining and transportation and one FIR related to illegal trade of liquor. ED can also investigate the illegal business of sand running in the state on the basis of this CSIR.
whose places were raided
1. Aarti Rai Chowdhary, Spouse- Late Sharat Chandra Rai, Rai Bungalow, Deoghar
2. Ajay Kesari, Ram Mandir Road, Deoghar
3. Vivek Mishra, Father- Nityanand Mishra, Rai Bungalow Ashram Kisan Road, Deoghar
4. Abhishek Jha, father Late Gore Lal Jha, BN Jha Path, Deoghar
5. Sanjay, Father-Chandra Narayan Bajpai, House No.-21, Ward No.-7, Barmasia Deoghar
6. Yogendra Tiwari, Father- Rameshwar Tiwari, Near Hotel Siddharth, Deoghar
7. Yogendra Tiwari, Father- Rameshwar Tiwari, Bampas Town, Near Rajendra Pandey Hospital, Deoghar
8. Vaibhav Shahabadi, Father- Nirbhay Shahabadi
9. Nirbhay Shahabadi, Father Vishwanath Shahabadi, Shahabadi House Giridih
10. Amarnath Tekriwal, Father-Sitaram Tekriwal, House No-169.Godda Town, Godda
11. Barnali Rai, husband-Arun Kumar Rai, Rajpur Sonarpur, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal
12. Manish Dalmiya & Vijay Dalmiya, Directors – Manish Company Private Limited -, Dalmiya House, New Alipore, Kolkata
13. Hari Krishna Chowdhary, Father-Hanuman Chowdhary, Director M/s Vikram Finance Service, 6B-Shriram Garden, Alipore, Kolkata
14. Anil Chowdhary, Father-Harikrishna Chowdhary, Director M/s Vikram Finance Service, 6B-Shriram Garden, Alipore, Kolkata
15. M/s Maihar Developers, Vasundhara Garden, Flat No. 902, Bariatu, Moharabadi, Ranchi
16. Rohit Oraon, Father- Rameshwar Oraon, Ragini Villa, Sarhul Nagar, Bariatu, Ranchi
17. Vinay Kumar Singh, Father- Sadhusharan Singh, B-1C, Blair Apartment, Anantapur Ranchi
18. Shravan Jalan, Pita Kedarnath Jalan, Jalan Road, Upper Bazar, Ranchi
19. Umashankar Singh, Father- Rajendra Singh, Chandni Chowk, Obario Road, Hatia, Ranchi
20. Yogendra Tiwari, M/s Santal Pargana Builders Private Limited, Harmu Housing Colony, Ranchi
21. Vikas Kumar Agarwal, Father- Sohan Lal Agarwal, Near Khazanchi Talab, Badam Bazar, Hazaribagh
22. Ritesh Kumar Sharma, Sr. Nathumal Sharma, Partner Alokik Heights Ltd., Dhanbad
23. Amarendra Tiwari, Father- Rameshwar Tiwari, Flat No. 402, Koshiki Radhika Regency, Dhanbad
24. Amarendra Tiwari and Yogendra Tiwari, Father- Rameshwar Tiwari, SBI Building, 2nd Floor, Station Road Mihijam, Jamtara
25. Amarendra Tiwari and Yogendra Tiwari, Father- Rameshwar Tiwari, Station Road Mihijam, Jamtara
26. Tanishq Showroom, Tata Chowk, Bhagalpur Road, Dumka
27. Prantosh Mishra, Father- Bhawani Prasad Mishra, Dangal Pada, Hijla Road, Dumka
28. Pappu Sharma, Kumhar Pada, Dumka
29. M/s Maihar Developers, Kumarabad, Vijaipur, Dumka
30. M/s Saran Alcohol Private Limited, Distillery Road, Dumka
31. Licker Ware House, Mouja Lakkhikundi, Dumka
32. Tiwari Automobiles Private Limited, Air Port Road, Lakkhikundi Dumka
33. Anil Kumar Singh, father-Shaligram Singh, Kumhar Pada, Dumka