New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed a 10,000-page charge sheet against seven accused in the Delhi Excise Policy scam case in the court. According to CBI sources, AAP leaders Vijay Nair, Abhishek Singh, Arun Pillai, Mutta Gautam, Sameer Mahendru, the then Deputy Excise Commissioner Sameer Mahendru and the then Assistant Excise Commissioner Narendra Singh have been named among those against whom the CBI has filed the charge sheet. Are included. However, the name of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is not included in this. It is being said about this that since the investigation against him is still going on, his name is not included in the charge sheet.

Earlier on Thursday, the CBI moved the Delhi High Court challenging the trial court's order granting bail to AAP's media strategist Vijay Nair and Hyderabad-based businessman Abhishek Boinapalli in the Delhi Excise Policy case. In October, the ED raided nearly three dozen locations in Delhi and Punjab after arresting Sameer Mahendru, managing director of Jor Bagh-based liquor distributor Indospirit Group.

Apart from this, the accused in the case include Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, the then Excise Commissioner Arva Gopi Krishna, Deputy Commissioner Anand Tiwari and Assistant Commissioner Pankaj Bhatnagar. Other accused include former employees of Pernod Ricard Manoj Rai, director of Brindco Sales, Amit Arora and Dinesh Arora, directors of Buddy Retail, authorized signatories of Mahadev Liquors Sunny Marwah, Arun Ramachandra Pillai and Arjun Pandey.

The ED and CBI had alleged that irregularities were committed while revising the excise policy, giving undue benefits to license holders, waiving or reducing license fees and extending L-1 licenses without the approval of the competent authority. went. The beneficiaries gave illegal benefits to the accused officials and made false entries in their books of account to avoid detection. It was alleged that the Excise Department had decided to return the earnest money of about Rs 30 crore to a successful tenderer against the laid down rules.

Although there was no enabling provision, exemption on tender license fee was allowed from December 28, 2021 to January 27, 2022 due to the Corona pandemic. It allegedly caused a loss of Rs 144.36 crore to the state exchequer, the FIR said on a reference from the Union Home Ministry following a recommendation by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vinay Kumar Saxena.