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Once again a case of corruption and money laundering has come to light from Chhattisgarh. ED has registered a case against 9 people including DGM.
Ratan Gupta Raipur, VartaMon, 21 Oct 2024 12:51 PM share
Another money laundering and corruption case has come to light in Chhattisgarh. After investigation, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a case in ACB/EOW against nine people including the then Deputy General Manager of Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corporation Limited. The then Deputy General Manager Naveen Pratap Singh Tomar has been seriously accused of taking bribe. According to ED, Tomar used to take bribe at the rate of eight percent in exchange for passing the bills.
ED had conducted a raid and seized Rs 28.80 lakh in cash from the office of Tomar, the then Deputy General Manager of State Marketing Corporation Limited. ED has now registered a case in ACB/EOW against accused Tomar, then DGM, BR Lohia, Ajay Lohia, private persons Abhishek Kumar Singh, Tijauram Nirmalkar, Neeraj Kumar, Devansh Dewangan, Jitendra Kumar Nirmalkar and Lokeshwar Prasad Sinha.
Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corporation Limited retails all types of liquor and beer to consumers in Chhattisgarh. The organization that takes action against this corruption is ED. ED i.e. Enforcement Directorate is a multidisciplinary organization formed to investigate the crime of money laundering and violations of foreign exchange laws. It operates under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).