The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Friday (December 26, 2025) filed the final prosecution complaint in the alleged liquor scam case in Chhattisgarh, naming 59 persons, taking the total number of accused in the money laundering case to 81.
ED’s counsel Saurabh Kumar Pande told The Hindu that the Supreme Court had on September 16 given a time limit of three months for filing the prosecution complaint and the order was uploaded on September 26. Complying with the directions, the agency filed the prosecution complaint before a PMLA court here.
Earlier, 22 persons were named accused in the case and several of them were arrested and prosecution complaint filed against them in the past after completing the investigation related to them.
Among the new 59 accused are former Deputy Secretary at Chief Minister's office Soumya Chaurasia, former IAS officer Niranjan Das, liquor licence holders, liquor manufacturers and excise department officials, he said.
The liquor "scam" in the State surfaced during the previous Congress regime. The alleged scam resulted in a "massive loss" to the State exchequer that was pegged over ₹3000 crore, Mr. Pande had earlier said.
