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111
BEFORE THE 4 ADDmo N
AL SESSION S JUDGE (HON'BL E SPECIAL JUD
PMLA) AT RAIPUR, CHHATTISGAR H GE,

ECIRIRP zo,04120 24 DATED 11.04.2024

IN THE MATTER OF:-

Assistant Director
'
Directora te of Enforcem ent,

Raipur Zonal Office, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. . .......Applicant

Vs.

Mr Kawasi Lakhma (DOB - 04.01.1958),

S/o Late Hadma Kawasi
'
Rio 134, Officers Colony, Dharampura,
Raipur, Chhattisg arh - 490002. ... ..Accused/Arrestee

APPLICATION UNDER SE CTION 167 OF Cr.P.C, 1973 (SECTION 187 (3) OF BNSS)
NB LF OF THE DIRECTO RATE OF ENFORCEMENT (ED) SEEKING 14 DAYS
L C USTO DY OF THE ACCUSED MR KA WASI LAKHMA.

MOST RESPECTFULLY SHQWEJH; -

The present Application under Section 167(2) ofCr.P.C h&s bt:cn filed seeking 14 days
Custody of the accused Mr. Kawasi Lakhma who was arreste~ 1mrier Section 19 of PMLA at
t) .3 '.
2-- ~ PM on 15.01 .2025, for commission of the offence of Money laundering u/s 3,
punishable u/s 4 of PMLA, 2002.

BRIEF FACTS:-

J. An ECIR bearing N o. ECIR/RPZO/04/2024 was recorded in the Chhattisgarh Liquor

Scam case on the basis of an FfR bearing number 04/2024 dated I 7.01.2024 registered by
EOW/AC B, Raipur, Chhattisgarh State Police u/s 420, 467, 471 & 120 B of IPC & 7 &
12 of PC Act, 1988 against Mr. Anwar Dhebar, Mr. Anil Tuteja, (Retd I.A.S.) then Joint
Secretary in CG State; Mr. Arun Pati Tripathi (I.T.S.) then Special Secretary Government
Commerc e and Industry Department and MD, CG State Marketing Corporation Ltd.; Mr.
Vikas Agarwal alias Subbu; Mr Sanjay Diwan and others for collecting commissions and
• accounted liquor to government liquor shops, resulting in an approximate
supp Iymg un
loss of Rs 2161 crore to the state government. •

ded by the Chhattisgarh State P9lice -

2. As per the FIR rec Or

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sg ar h
na m el y Ch ha fli
liq uo r in Ch ha tti sg ar h,
rers of co un try ited, and Welcom
e
Th e manufactu
(a) chant Private Lim
e Mer
d, M/s Bhatia Win
Distilleries Limite liq uo r in the sta
te .
d., ar e licensed
to su pp ly co un try
Distilleries Pvt.
Lt ce an d fa m ily
ag e of hi s po lit ic al in flu en
nt
hebar took ad va ip at hi , th e
(b} Th at A nw ar D at io n of M r. A ru np at i Tr
th . as so ci
il Tuteja and wi tio n
relations with An of liq uo r pr od uc
CL led to in cr ea se in th e ra le
or of CS M nt in g to la kh s
of
Managing Direct co m m is si on s am ou
in ed ill eg al
in return, ga
and supply and is ca lle d as Pa rt A.
ow ne rs . Th is m ec ha ni sm
rupees from the
di sti lle ry sy st em of se lli ng
ch ra n pa ra lle l to the ex is tin g
hi
a new system, w ou t an y re co rd
s
(c) That, similarly, s, w as cr ea te d- w ith
m en t sh op
through govern ho lo gr am s an d
country liquor co ns tru ct in g du pl ic at e
vo lv ed
erators, which in illegal sa le s of
from distillery op en t liq uor sh op s. Th e
ve rn m
rately through go pe es. V ar io us
selling them sepa in gs w orth cr or es of ru
d in ea rn
holograms resulte ow ne rs , bo ttl e
these duplicate m e, in cl uding di sti lle ry
is sc he
implicated in th invo_lved in
individuals were pp lie r ag encies, ag en ci es
gr am su
s, duplicate holo g the ye ar s
supplier agencie ill ic it sa le took place du rin
of
money. This type rt- 8.
the collection of sm is called as Pa
d 20 21 -2 02 2. This mechani ct
2019-2020, 2020
-2 1, an an Das, to co lle
te nu re of Se cr etary M r Niranj
, during the was im pl em en te d,
(d) That additionally rs F.L. JO-A license
m an uf ac tu re
ign liquor Dhebar. Th e lic
en se
bribes from fore vo red by A nw ar
re e fir m s fa Mis
ted to th anish M ish ra of
which was gran M ishra and Mr. M
M r. Sa nj ay
F. L.I0A was gr
anted to M r. M uk es h
, M r. At ul K umar Singh and
d.
Engitech Pvt. Lt Saurabh K ed ia
Nexgen Power t. Lt d., and M r. Ashish
ra ge Pv
/s Om Sai Beve e granted te nd er
fo r
Manchanda of M e lic ense holders wer
Lt d. Th es
ntures Pvt. three license ho
ld in g
of Mis Oishi ta Ve a conspiracy. All
r th ro ug h
the supply of fo
reign liq uo co m pa ni es an d
fo re ig n liq uo r manufacturing
ed liquor from it of I 0%. Out
of this
companies procur m en t, making a prof
te go ve rn
to the sta ceived by
made it available ning 40 % was re
to th e sy nd ica te, and the remai
given
profit, 60% was
se ho ld er s. .
the licen ebar Mr. . A ni·1 T uteJa and
te co ns ist in g of Mr Anwar Dh ,
ndica Indian
(e ) That the liquor •sy . aegis of retired
th i, wa s wo rk ing under the .
Tnpa .
Mr. .A ~n _Pati H I ficiary of the scam
strative Of fic er Mr. Vivek Dhand · e was a so a bene
Adm1m . ·11
th d.1st1 ery owners by
mission from
te received com e
(f) Th
.
at the
.
sy nd ica
g an d su pp ly in g du ricate 1·1quor and .1ssu.mg
lel manuf ac tu rin P 20 I 9
mcreasmg, . paral tween February
FL r Dh eb ar 's ac complices, and be .
to Anwa I
. . I0-A licenses s been made .m ·11 I ega earn
ings.
, ap pr ox im ate ly Rs 2161 crore ha
to June 2022
.
i,faint was- •mige d by th e Income Tax (IT) o epartment, echoing
ut ion C,; ,r.: , h
3. That, a Prosec Raipur • Chh att'1sgar . Based
d by ACB/EOW '
. .
t lin""'' ., l' ,. ,.· . ..
the allegat ions ou , • . ,v • . ~g,skre

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. ted
• ~ , an ECIR b PZO/11/2022 da
upon this p rosecut1o n ;- om pk. ,m - earmg no . ECIR/R PM LA
orded an d s ubsequently mvestigafion under the provisions of
18 .11 .2022 was rec
2002 were c - io ol od i•g
d
o po ni "'" ' do oo m ," "
=" oo ,. Th " •II oh
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uired from the

der sec tion 50 f h , 2002 in ECIR /RPZ0/11/2022 were acq
un o t c PMLA ing his
. rector, by way of record
Investigating om cer, Mr. Th and, Lal Meena, Assistant Di
02 on 16.04 .2024 .
nd n 50 of the PMLA, 20
Slatement u er sectio
cted and
the police was colle
est igation, the ch arge sheet filed by
4. That, during the inv a including Pro,ecutio
n
nts co llected fro m Mr. Thandi Lal Meen
analysed. The docume shared by the Incom
e
e Ta x De pa rtm en t and the digital data
Incom
Complaint filed by - IOA licensee, cash
ze d; co un try liq uo r manufacturers, FL
re analy
Tax Department we bank entry providers
and others were
an powe r su pp lie rs,
liers, M nducted, it gets
handlers IMFL supp of investigation so co
02 . On the ba sis
PMLA , 20
examined u/s 50 of piracy was executed by
the syndicate
sy ste ma tic co ns
ll-planned
established that a we islators to cam illegal
commission in
rea uc rats an d leg
persons, bu
comprising of private
of Chhattisgarh.
sale and licensin g ofliquor in the State
the

r:-
d in following manne d
The scam was execute d in the year 20 I7 an
y in the Sta te of Ch hattisgarh was amende
A. The excise polic CL) (in Feb, 2017)
was
te M ark eti ng Co rporation Limited (CSM
Chhattisgarh Sta gh its stores. The sh
ops
liq uor in the State of Chhattisgarh throu
created to retail was also outsourced
to
outso urc ed staff and cash collection
were to be run by
private vendors. three entities in the
ir
pro duced in the Stale only through
B. Country Liquor is
These are -
eries situated in the State of Chhattisgarh.
distill
I. Mis Chhattisga
rh Distilleries Ltd.
.
s & Merchants Pvt. Ltd
II. Mis Bhatia Wine
Mis Welcome Disti
lleries Pvt. Ltd.
Ill.
CSMCL and
thi wa s ch os en by the syndicate to lead
unpati Tripa
C. In Feb, 2019, Ar s ma de the Managing Di
rector of the
Arunpa ti Tr ipn thi wa
Inter, in May, 2019,
ebar.
hest of Mr Anwar Dh
organization at the be onghold of the synd
icate
co ntrac ts to wi
'
llin g partner ensured a str
of
D. The nwnrding
siness, namely:
the sy stem on all the wings of liquor bu
on
of 3 Distillers)
qu or M anufa ctu rer s (n monopoly cartel
Li
Hologram Company
y.
Stnto run shops nnd
the mnnpower compan
cy.
Cnsh collection ngen
ent
preferential procurem
iss ion wn s mu de effective by way of
E. The port-A comm manufacturers while
uld on ly pro cu re liquor from preferred
by CSMCL which wo rt-A commission
yin g co mm iss ion . The collection of pa
not pa
side-lining the ones
wns thus nssured.
 Atr eu [)'w ~
F. E.O iri11nr,p1-'°" a._nd n:Jbluhed It.If a ~: f'I •u c.a!lcd t-y Mr ~ 7 1-r.-:w
t:y ~r r.'d rre :-f cf ~
fn Muth, 2019 •hich "" •~tr.dtd
B!laf..a \\r ~
1p:1t D~<tifkm1 Li:n:i:d. M's
mir.ufacture11 ti% .\tis Chl-.a1ti
M't Welci,me Oi,!illerie1 Prin
:e Llm~4 • ~
Mcrchan!J Prin :e Lim ,red and
distilfm ~ d ~ ro ~
Rt 7J Ff f~
"- ith Arunpati TriP3thi v.timin the
m Mr. AtrWJr
cnt by w, CSMCL and in retu
comm,nion ap inrr its procumn
, sntem ,ru
landing rates proporticr.mly. Thi
Dhcbar prom ised to niisc their
Cmu:iinion Ol'I
agrttd upon and the Syndicare
started collecting huge amount of
ED, Mr Anwir
es. AJ ~ the slltffl'lffltJ given to
the Sale of accounted Liquor Cas
it •ith •
of crime and shamf majority of
Dhebar collected all these proceeds
Tutrja. Also.
ing the cut for himself and Anil
Political Party in power after keep
ir.g r2re
Distillers from the enhanced land
this commission was paid by the
way the entire
planned agreement Hence, in I
received by them. This was a pre-
e E.lchequer
sponsored by the Chhartisgarh Sat
commission of PART-/\ has been
only. a PART-8
in terms of unaccounted kach
G. ED investigation has revealed that
unaccounted
was made to manufacture and sell
Liquor, a more sinister scheme
e provided lo
shops. Duplicate holograms wer
illicit liquor through CSMCL run
. Liquor wss
e bottles were procured in cash
distillers by the syndicate. Duplicat
uses. facise
to shops by-passing State wareho
transported directly from distiller
trained to sell
be involved. Manpower wns
officials were also found to
. Entire sale
. Entire sale was done in cash
unaccounted liquor for petty gain
e including -M r
with each person getting its shar
consideration was siphoned off
er, E.~cisc
ter, Hologram maker, Bottle mak
Anwar Dhebar, Distiller, Transpor
Politicians. ED
Dept, Senior !AS Officer(s) and
official, higher echelons of Excise
ed during the
kind of illegal sale was perform
investigation has revealed that this liquor
tial portion of the total sale of the
19-2020-2021-2022 and n substan
on
For this purpose, the transportati
as done in such illegal manner.
s
duplicate holograms to distiller
istillers to shops and supply of
ets were set by Mr Anwar
by Mr Arvind Singh. Monthly targ
re communicated to Arunpati
Tripathi either directly or through
coordinate with - Distillers,
senior Excise officials used to
Local Excise Officials to
Bottle Makers, Transporters &
kacha liquor sale was
m ran flawlessly. The target of
cases of country
around 200 trucks carrying 800
ing F.Y. 2019-
the distillers to the syndicate dur
around 400 trucks per month in
2022-23.

ing the entire Case off the reco

rd .
und Rs 3000 per Case.

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 W r &tibc
'
H. 1 e mrrod«nJ • •di ,n
,e of ff!offlliA,NII P) 'l'.
20, !h t Jynd /ur Hr Fl,.
" l\pri/ 20 -lOA llcc:nJin Ai
i1ttrodtJCin1 Ille co nc tpf of Ft.
from n maker, •!J
o by
ed fn wlltlnr. flu
winm of '4rtl.f11
,a1r p/- ,,en ~r e a/low CL) Ir
IO(I\) licerue. pm on Umkcd CCS8
trlip rll Sta re & -wr1tt• Corpomi
liquor iruttld of
Chhl 111Uf•mt ra )
(price pct1d a, 1T1
by rhe Jy nd lur e ,,,., rlw: /andfn1 p, ke l be
wu conJp,rrd
ed /)111 Ille manu
facrurn, •w lc t M
uld be inc ren
o( forr/gn liquo
r wo by rite
be •ppropriated
r, /u . Thi-1 inc reue in prfce would t
pe y lmbe.t ro rb
1
benefinnJ 0111 o( 1hi
s e,:tra amounr and
uld liqui da te rhi
who wo d through
FL-IOI\ /icen,ee, would now be sol
ent, foreign liquor
s arrangtm
1yndic.ate. /\s per rhi wo uld lceep the increa
sed porrion of
-/O A Li ce ns ee
private wholesa ler
s and FL uld bill the wholesal
ers
lan din g pri ce . Th e manufacturers wo
ar' s $e wholesalers al
/0-/4 from /ut ye uld be billed by the
an d CS M CL wo
1 1 /ast ye
ar's /anding price to three of Mr
Anwar
Th ese lic en ses were again given
the increased rate. 'collecrors' or
ese lic en se ho lde rs were to act as the
ociates. Th ttisgarh governmen
t
Dhebar's chosen ass d then sell to Chha
reign Li qu or an
intermediary and bu
y Fo reign Liquor.
iss ion of aro un d /0% on even Fo
nerated comm with a promise tha
t
warehouses and ge enses were given
mm iss ion , the lic
this co to the
Further, on top of ensee shall be paid
al pr ofi t am ou nt of the FL-/OA lic
50-60¾ of the fin
ked
11/ega/ Syndicate. te completely hijac
cle arl y de mo ns tra ted that the syndica
ED investigation
has :•
of following actions
ent in State by virtue
I.
of ex cis e de pa rtm
the administration
MCL and Special
's pla ce me nt at the head of Mis CS
i. Arunpati Tripathi
Excise Department.
Secretary in State who willingly
Ch ha ttis ga rh based distilleries
major
Alignment of 3 ed to expand
ii.
ica te to ea rn pr ofits which they us
synd
participated in the
re in the State.
an d do lar ge capital expenditu in
opera tio ns ities Ltd for certa
ow er ten de r to Mis Sumeet Facil
iii. Granting of manp
e staff at shops.
s. Th is en su red compliant offic ities
reg ion curities and Facil
co lle cti on ten de r to Mis Top Se
iv. Granting of cash yed a crucial ro
le in
Si dd ha rth a Si nghania which pla
Management of not differentiated an
d
ca sh . Th is en su red that the cash is
handling of part-B tiny.
evade agency scru
d at sh op lev els and thus shall l
colle cte from multi-nationa
A to co lle ct Pa rt-A commission
-JO
v. Introduction of FL on in payment
M NC s we re no t giving confirmati
Since,
companies as well. licenses were gr
anted to
ar ra ng em en t wa s made and the
of cash, this
r Dhebar.
associates of Anwa
companies of three se associates of
an uf ac tu rer s in the name of clo
Setting up of bo
ttle m
Singh is the
v,.
d Si ng h. Fo r e.g. wife of Arvind
rs viz. Arvin
syndicate membe of glass bottles to
re wh ich is the official supplier
pi
proprietor of Adip
Em
rs.
Mis Welcome Distille
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J. 216 I Cron of C<1mipd

of'I rimney
ED lrn,rst/pf' li<NI rh:tr •l'P'O-,: RJ
bttn IO I!'-' t:Jla blu
tlble ro,
1111 d,u re and Mr Anwa
r DfNlur l"lt t rnp on
ltntrlttd ,,,. 1h11 cyn
COIIC'C'1ion 0 ( ev rf}' nip re of t ~ pn ,ct tdt () ( crim
e

ROL£OPMR · KW,\Sl LAKllMA !," n,r: I.IQUOR SCAN :-

. comple~ contro l
uk h .
ing fac ise Mi nister for the state h11V1n8 the
Mr. l<1'N11/ ma was the Jrn I
comp ere star, of
op cn,t' . . n hu revt11led th11t he wu 1Jw11re of the
11o
on the ron.~. lnve51 rgi1 played
illegal operations. He
dep art me nt, yet he did nothing to stop the
•ITiir, of the excise -/ 0A licen1e in the .mtte
of
pol icy cha nge wh ich /ed to introduction of FL
•n important role in isted the
dicate and actively ass
beh ave d an integral part of the syn
He ection . That, as per
85
Chh1ttisgarh .
pro ces s and pro cedures as per their dir
ing
Syndicate by maneuver etings with Arun Pali
. Ka wa si Lakhm a used to hold private me
, Mr
investigation conducted ter of state went all ou
t ro
an Da s. It is a tra ves ty that the Excise Minis
Tripathi and Niranj personal i/leg11/ g11ins .
system to enc ou rag e Part-B liquor sale for his
corrupt the entire
n named by multiple
estiga tio n of the Liquor Scam, he has bee
inv
During the course of ent of monthly payme
nts from
tem ent u/s 50 of PMLA as the recipi
individuals in their sta
ceeds of crime.
syndicate out of the pro
s handling logistics
a clo se ass oci ate of Anwar Dhebar who wa
gh, alia,
I. Mr. Ar vin d Sin RPZO/I112022, inter-
ing his statem ent dat ed 29.04.2023 in ECIRI
for Part_B, dur Minister out of Part-B
.
. 50 lakh per mo nth was paid to the Excise
stated that Rs
during his
naging Director of CSMCL,
ipathi, the then Ma
II. Mr. Ar un Pati Tr also stated that a fixed
23 in ECIRIRPZO/1112022 inter alia,
.20
statement dated 03 .04 every month. Further
he
Excise Minister
amount of Rs. 50 La
kh each was paid to
Lakma was paid
to tha t Ex cise Mi nister, Shri Kawashi
stated that in addition
war Dhebar.
. 1.50 crore by Shri An
additional amount of Rs
thi, in his statement
e off icer an d co nfidante of Arun Pati Tripa
, excis
111. Mr. Iq ba l Kh an anged dropping of cas
h at the residence
ealed tha t he had arr
dated 11 .08.2024 has rev This was
instru ction of Mr . Arun Pati Tripathi.
on the
of Kawasi Lakhma pector, Excise
of Mr . Ka nh aiy a La/ Kurrey, Sub Ins
ents
substantiated by statem handover the paymen
ts to
d to be tas~e d by Mr. Iaba/ Khan to
Department who use

Excise Minister.

si Lakhma durin g the relevant

va ngan, who was the OSD to Sh. Kawa
IV. M r Jayant De t Mr. Kanhaiya Lal Ku
rrey
en t dated 07 .01.2025 admitted tha
period, in his statem of bags which
nce of Ka wasi Lakhma for handing over
reside
used to come to the ~ in~
PSOs of Sh. Kawasi La
khma at his
used to be managed by the
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RJ 2 crore Ftr
ent fo r,triod en d if ulcufarcd 1r
The p11n-a Jll/e W nd 36 monrh., •nd in th/,
of PoC In rhe
,
r •rou
pttts), the torJJI "mo11nr
month (a en rJ e accuiedl11 1~
Ptr the srarem rd
re<:o ed of th
.
hands of K•was, Lakhma tnd s•I 1u 72 crore, .
rr

sc:trchcs wm
. . w as developed, ond
1n \'few or . . ...
..,,_ vesr,garions, in
tellige nce
11 u weff his
close
6. 'tJIUBIP o f flte in ises o f M r. Kaw11i Lakhm
2J024 II 11,e ttsid
entinf prem S3Clions in the
nduc ted on 2 l1 deta ils of cash tran
co records co ntaini ng
cfalet whiot t ltd IO d ~ of . am.
IIIO aw p ....... the re/ev1tnt period of sc
f K
name o 11 a.qn,na du rln1
hu is a close
at M r. Ja gg anath Raju Sa
th
was gathered kma. As per
7
du rm , Ifie in Wlrfpdon, it Pa lika Adhyaksh of Su
• That the sitting N ag ar
search was
ciar e o f SJ ,, K n ui LaklunL He is n o f K aw as i Lakhma. A
UJO be in touch with
so g
f incriminatin
re co rd s, he WU found ro le ad in g to recovery o
CDR residence in Su
km a,
te d on 28 .f2.2024 1r hi1
cond uc i Lakhma.
cr in 1 ca sh ap emer by Kawas
doeumenrs refle hu wherein he
to M r. Ja gg anath Raju Sa
nted ess
ts were confro n of the Congr
se in cr im in ating documen de rt ak en for constructio
B. T he es un
contain expens
ese documents
revealed that th m a, both situated in
Sukma.
ish La kh
use ofHar
Bhavan and ho d · the incrim
inating
. ns ment,o • ne m
nsactio · ns . The
m ad e to venf• y the tra d bn nk · g transactio
m
were a/ so sh nn
9. Enquiries ntains both ca th at
ed du ri ng se arches which co em en ts. Th is fact confinns
documents seiz nk stat
es wirh the ba lation to
ue en tr ie s m entioned match ex pe nses un dertaken in re
banking/cheq of
a true record
en ts so co lle cted are indeed
the docum
ings.
f the two build
construction o rtment, yet he
did
re gu la ri tie s in his depa
of the ir le. This is
i La kh m 'a w as well aware oc ee ds o f cr ime for his ro
JO. Mr. Kawas f pr
huge amount o r. Kawasi
pr ev en t it as he was earning er s w as al so accepted by M
nothing to offic
isdoings o fhis claimed that
his officers
ra te d by th e fact that the m w he re in he
conobo 2025 ke
t dated 03.01. and used to ta
m a w ho du ri ng his statemen to ta ke ad va ntage of him
Lakb as, used
Pati Triparhi
and Niranjan D
na m ely A ro n
documents.
excise related
his signatures on lding o f
n by re so rting to withho
tio
irh !11° lnvem,a ven ample
kh m a h u no t co-ope,ated w ow le dg e. H e has been gi
11. Kawasi La his exclusive kn der Section
in fo rm at io n which is within fre co rd in g hi s statements un
relevant uth by virtue o er evading
es to re ve al tht-complete tr o f no n- co op eration by eith
opportun iti de
•opted an aaitu of willful no
n-
LA , 20 02 . He hu B y such action
50 ofP M
ev ulv e re p lil l.
ke the
n but to invo
• no Cllier optio
usive knoI ',.
·ca/ conclusion
.
are in his excl
19 o /
· · of Section
,( i/0

I
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. .
ft, 2 cro rc per
a 11nd 1( calcul1 rcd 11
The pan-B Slllc wcm for ro und 36 moml u 11nd in rh lJ pcrrod the
l amou nt of PoC in
month (115 per the
stntc
d of rhc ac cu sed /s uJpeW), rhe rora
menrs rtcordc
Knw 05 ln kh .
hnnd s of 1
Slnnd, 111 Rs 72 crores
mn

d h
de ve lop ed, an scare es were
s
fi d" . ns , intelligence wn I
6. In view of the rn rngs of rhe rnvestigalio . Lakhma as we II h.15 c ose
ses of M r. Ka wa51
2 al premi
conducted on 28 · 12 • 024 nt the residenti of ca sh transactions
in rhe
co ve ry of rec ord s containing derails
to dis
associates Which led
evant period of scam.
khm11 during the rel
name of Knwasi Ln
close
that Mr. Jaggana
th Raju Sahu is a
ii wa s ga rhe red
7 investigation, hyaksh of Sukma.
As pe r
· That during the g Nagar Palika Ad
. He is the sittin
wasi Lakhma khma . A search wa
s
associate of Sh . Ka son of Kawasi La
be in tou ch wi th
s found to overy of incrimina
ting
CDR records, he wa Su kma, leading to rec
res ide nc e in
.2024 at his
co nd ucted on 28.12
Kawasi Lakhma.
g cash expenses by
documents reflectin
he
Raju Sahu wherein
we re co nfr on ted to Mr. Jagganath
8, These incriminating documents construction of the
Congress
nts co nta in ex pe nses undertaken for
cume
revealed that these do
situated in Sukma.
Harish Lakhma, both
Bhavan and house of
the incriminating
. tra ns ac • ns ment·roned in
tio
y the
.. also made to verif ing transactions. Th
e
9. Enqumes were co nta ins both cash and bank
ring search es wh ich that
documents seized du This fact confirms
ed ma tch es wi th the bank statements.
banking/cheque entrie
s menti on n in relation to
a tru e rec ord of expenses undertake
llected are indeed
the documents so co
o buildings.
construction of the tw
ye t he did
the irr eg ula rities in his department,
are of
10. Mr. Kawasi La
khm·a was well aw for his role. This is
hu ge am ou nt of proceeds of crime
as he was earning pted by M r. Kawa
si
nothing to prevent it his off icers was also acce
sd oin gs of
fact that the mi claimed that his of
ficers
corroborated by the .2025 wherein he
en t da ted 03 .01
his statem of him and used to
take
Lakhma who during use d to take advantage
d Ni ran jan Da s,
ipathi an
namely Arun Pati Tr .
ex cis e related documents
his signatures on
of
g to withholding
wi th !he inv estigation by resortin
ted
l l . Kawasi Lakh
ma has not co-opera has been given am
pl e
thin his ex clu siv e knowledge. He
which is wi tements under Secti
on
relevant information tue of recording his sta
let e truth by vir
l the comp n by either evadin
g
opportunities to revea de of non-cooperatio
2 002. He has willfully adopted an attitu
SO of PMLA, . . n of willful non-
eries or giving · I d. an
d
ev asi ve rep hes. By such actio
the qu mrs ea rng ormation which
tion by no t dis closing lhe fa ct s/ inf
peding the investiga
coo~erat'.on, he is im ow! d d h n but to invoke
the
are rn hrs exclu sive kn
an t ere by , leaving no other optio
e ge
.. .
19 of PMLA 200 for lakrng investigation to a logica
l conclusion .
prov1s1on of Section ' 2
t-,11 far~..
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• t,.on 19( I) orth e f'ML A, 2002 h m p d with
lie
Sec ' av e been duly co
t1) Service of
arre,rorder
• Pan.b i of
fOrou nds o f a ,i
' ex C • ourt ,n caJ.e :J

b) Service o tf t as man
dated bY the I/on bl~ Ap
11M
n sal Versus U , on of India & C Online SC
ut1n n1 Or, . 2023 SC ()( mDM'J
e o f th g uilty o f an off ,: ~
c) Serv ic ieve st reJ1ee ha, been
reason to btl ar 2(Jl4 sec O
nline SC
d A . , nforce m ent
I fE
laundering an rvmd Kejriw a vs, Directorate o
/ 703.
tion
sions o f Sec
. . liance w ith th e provi
A /' ectful/ at , m com p sr records
13. That the PP 1cant resp Y submits th . ts in clu d ing the ar re
documen ' M L A ),
19(2) 0 f th e PMLA 2002 the relevant mater,al and a tin g A utho rity (P
' ju d ic
' d to the Ad
d I
re atcd documents • have been duly forwarde
an
Ncw Delhi. . f
icle 22 0
( I ) o f A rt
rdan ce w ith Clause r,ar,cc
co
s that in ac re fu ll co
mp
App/ic ant respectfully submit ken to en su
14. That the tions have be en ta
f I d' the following ac
the Constitutio n n ,a, ° ct it io n er o
f h is
· · feguards : leg;il p ra
with thee on st1 tut10nal sa f his righ t to consult a
ed o
duly infonn l.
tee has been legal counse
a) The A rr es
y to co ns ult with his ee .
d opportun
it f th e ar re st the
oi ce an d was grante ed ab ou t the arrest o p rovided to
ch ee w as in fo rm
w as
counsel o f
arrest ments
b) The legal d other re
levant docu
ic atio n an
d appl
c) copy o f the reman
unsel. nd
Arrestee an
d his legal co 2 0 0 2 in its lett
er a
h PM , L A
· of t e
.ed wit. h Section 19
. cctorate has com ph g ro u n d s.
1·
15 · Th e APP icant/d,r stod y on th e following
cu
14 days ED
prayed for asi L a k h m
a.
spirit and thus at io n o f Mr . .Kaw
te rr og
custodial in 2 , to -
re as on to believe that u/s I 9 o f P
M LA, 2 0 0
ng ly , ther e ar e
ne ce ssar y
I 6. Accordi hhattisgarh
stare is
ex ci se m inister o f C evidence.
the then
ev en t th e destruction o f by him.
To pr e ac q u ir ed akhma
i. ee ds o f cr im K aw as i L
trac e ou t th e pr oc
the h an d s o f M r.
To e o n
ii. ds o f cr im
the procee
iii. To trace out Scam in th
e
he rs . ed in th e L iq u o r
and ot invo lv
an d en ti ti es
id en tify other persons 2 0 I 9 to 2 0
23.
iv. To r the pe ri od
ti sg ar h State fo
state of C hh at

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CUSTOD fi
S FOR E D . Lakh m a o r 14
GROUND K
2,
for ED cu
stody o f M r aw as ,
/e C ou rt
H on 'b
s before t/Jis
That ED pray ou nd s:
ys on the fo
llowing gr
da the k e
en ti fy al l
• te rr o g at ed to id
i) The accu
sed pe rson
·
,s re qu ir ed
to be in

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r individuals .
involved in the I'
scenes and det . . iquor scam, who operated from behind the
9

..11) ermmmg the . acquired by each of them·

Th proceeds of crime
c accused perso . . '
statements of n is required to be confronted with the
recorded persons who have named them .m their. respective statement~
I 50 of PMLA·
us
iii) I

d' . The accused person 1s • required to be confronted with all 1he

.
) evidences ga th ered against them by the Directorate;
. ,g,tal
IV The accused person is also required to be confronted with other
. of the syndicate.
. the affn1rs
persons involved .m running

PRAYER

ln light of th e facts and circumstances of the instant case, this Hon'ble Court may be
pleased to
. .. O
f the provisions
a) Record m the order that the Applicant have made the compliance .

of Section 19 of the PMLA, 2002; si Lakhrna and/or,.

b) Grant 14 days ED custody of the arrestee namely Mr. Kawa
t
c) Any other order as it may deem fit in the interest of juS ice.

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(Su • u~ar Singh)
Date: 15.01.2025
Assistant Director
Place: Raipur
~ f1!R. ~ 1 sunil ·Kuma~ Singh
~~I Assistant Director
- ~ I Enforcement Directorate
~/RAIPUR

Through

Cth• (Saurabh Kumar Pande)

r ment Directorate
Special Public Prosecutor for E n,orce

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