Raipur: A sensational claim of Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel created a stir. He claimed that no FIR was registered in the alleged liquor scam. Chief Minister Baghel claimed that the ED has conducted raids in connection with the investigation of the IT (Income Tax) Department in 2020. Recently, CM Baghel had said that the ED had not registered any ECIR (Enforcement Cases Information Report) in the alleged liquor scam. CM Baghel also said that the ED cannot take action unless the ECIR is registered.  

Chief Minister Baghel said that no FIR has been registered in the liquor case. In 2020, the IT department had raided the premises of distillers and officials. In those raids, the 'distillers' had given an undertaking that there was no wrongdoing. Those affidavits have all the details. The ED is questioning the same distillers and is now claiming to have done wrong. "Either the affidavits are correct then it (ED raids) are wrong or if it is correct then those affidavits are wrong." After all, IT is also a central agency. In 2020, the affidavit was prepared during its investigation.  

CM Bhupesh Baghel said that Trilok Dhillon has been arrested and sent to jail. What did he have? It was found through the media that he had an FD (fixed deposit) of Rs 25 crore. He had taken an unsecured loan. It's all on paper. The ED is arresting him. At the same time, jewellery worth Rs 26 crore was recovered during a raid at the premises of another liquor maker and he became a witness. If there is anyone in a position of profit, it is a distiller because bottles, holograms are changed there. If untaxed bottles come out of factories, who will be the first profiteer, obviously distillers but now they are witnesses. CM Bhupesh Baghel alleged that the ED is investigating in a malicious manner, otherwise the liquor makers would have been the first to reach behind the bars. Meanwhile, ED counsel Saurabh Pandey said a case is already pending in a Delhi court against Anil Tuteja (IAS) and businessman Anwar Dhebar in the liquor scam. An ECIR has been registered in the case. The ED had arrested four persons, including Raipur Mayor Ejaz Dhebar's brother Anwar, in connection with an alleged Rs 2,000 crore liquor scam.

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