Subhechcha Ganguly 
The government allegedly lost Rs 2,873 crore as a result of the alleged Delhi excise policy fraud, while the accused made Rs 295 crore in profit, according to the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) charge sheet. A copy of the charge sheet, which alleges that government officials and politicians received Rs 100 crore from the suspects implicated in the case, is on file with the ED.
It stated that the investigation carried out in the current case by the ED so far has shown that Sameer Mahandru was one of the kingpins and the primary beneficiary of the aforementioned criminal conspiracy. He was also actively involved in the formation of the cartelization of the liquor policy and in the payment of kickbacks, according to the report.
The ED has stated that throughout the course of its probe, it discovered that the ruling party’s and government’s politicians and public officials received kickbacks of about Rs 100 crores.
It has been discovered that some of these bribes were returned or re-cooped to the “South liquor lobby” from wholesaler profit margins via a variety of methods, including bank transfers and credit notes. Mahendru is also suspected of being the controller or beneficial owner of the four firms, according to other allegations.
Despite the fact that Mahendru was also involved in the liquor manufacturing business, Indo Spirits was able to secure a wholesale liquor licence (L-1) from Pernod Ricard India Pvt Ltd, and another company beneficially owned or controlled by Mahendru’s Khao Gali Restaurants Pvt Ltd was able to secure two retail zone licensees (L-7Z).The ED claims that as a result of the foregoing criminal conspiracy’s cartelisation and monopoly, the Delhi exchequer suffered a total loss of Rs 2,873 crore, while accused Mahendru and his enterprises generated illegal proceeds totaling roughly Rs 295.45 crore.
