The CBI on Monday arrested Pawan Khatri, Assistant Director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the Delhi liquor scam. Khatri is accused of allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 5 crore from an accused in the liquor policy case. CBI has arrested 5 more people in this case. Earlier it was reported that CBI has registered a case against Khatri, but later his arrest was confirmed.
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday filed a criminal case against Assistant Director ED
Pawan Khatri, UDC ED Nitesh Kohar, Deepak Sangwan (employee of Air India), liquor trader Amandeep Dhall, Birender Pal Singh and others in five crore bribery case related to the Delhi liguor excise scam Notably, a written complaint has been given by the ED. In the complaint, it was alleged that Dhall was arrested by the ED and CBI and Birender Singh, the father of Dhall, had given Rs 5 crores.
As per the ED, Rs 3 crore was given in December 2022- and Rs 2 crore in January 2023, to one Praveen Vats a chartered accountant for arranging help in the ED in the ongoing investigation of the liquor case against Dhall.
The ED filed a complaint against its assistant official and the CBI registered a corruption case against Khatri. Notably, Khatri is accused of allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 5 crore from an accused who was arrested both by ED and CBI.