Guwahati: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted at least 25 raids in Delhi on Friday in connection with its ongoing probe into money laundering related to the now-cancelled Delhi Excise policy, officials said.
The locations searched are owned by private companies connected to the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages, they said, as reported by PTI.
The federal government has carried out numerous raids in this instance. Last month, Sameer Mahandru, a businessman in the alcohol industry and the managing director of the liquor-manufacturing firm Indospirit, was also taken into custody.
The money laundering case is the result of a CBI FIR in which Manish Sisodia, the deputy chief minister of Delhi, was among the accused.
The scheme came under scrutiny after the Delhi LG suggested a CBI investigation into potential flaws in the execution of Delhi’s Excise Policy 2021–2022. He had also suspended 11 excise officials in the case.