The Chhattisgarh Anti-Corruption Bureau/Economic Offences Wing (ACB/EOW) has arrested a retired IAS officer in an alleged liquor scam, an official said.
Niranjan Das, then commissioner of the State excise department, was arrested for his alleged role in assisting the syndicate that handled and operated the 'scam', he said.
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Mr. Das will be produced in a local court on Friday (September 19, 2025), the official said.
Mr. Das allegedly received undue benefits worth crores of rupees in return for the sale of unaccounted liquor in State-run liquor shops, transfer of officers, manipulation of tender process, cooperation in bringing in a flawed liquor policy and other ways to benefit the syndicate, he said.
