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Delhi liquor scam: ED arrests Vijay Nair and Abhishek Boinpally, who were earlier held by CBI

Vijay Nair and Abhishek Boinpally are currently in jail after the CBI arrested them in the same case.

ByPTI

Published Nov 14, 2022 | 10:53 AM ⚊UpdatedNov 15, 2022 | 1:06 PM

The Enforcement Directorate carried out search-and-seize operations at 25 locations in multiple states. (Supplied)

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested two businessmen — Vijay Nair and Abhishek Boinpally — in connection with its ongoing money laundering probe into the Delhi excise policy that was scraped following corruption allegations, official sources said in New Delhi Monday, 14 November.

The two are currently in jail after the CBI arrested them in the same case.

The ED will seek the custody of the two from a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court, they said.

The Hyderabad-based Boinpally was allegedly lobbying for certain liquor businessmen based in Southern India, according to the CBI.

Nair, a former CEO of an event management company, has been associated with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), according to the CBI, and had entered into a criminal conspiracy with others, and in furtherance of the conspiracy related to the excise policy of the government of the national capital territory of Delhi (GNCTD) of 2021-2022.

Earlier arrests

The ED earlier arrested Sameer Mahandru, promoter of liquor company Indospirit, general manager of liquor company Pernod Ricard, Benoy Babu, and P Sarath Chandra Reddy, whole-time director and promoter of Aurobindo Pharma.

The agency has undertaken as many as 169 search operations in this case so far.

The money laundering case stems from a CBI FIR that had named Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia as an accused among others.

The CBI had raided the premises of Sisodia and some Delhi government bureaucrats after filing the case.