Raipur . Retired IAS Anil Tuteja, arrested in the excise scam case, was presented in the court through video conferencing after completion of one-day judicial remand. During the hearing in the case, the District Judge has given the decision to send Tuteja to jail on judicial remand for 2 days. Now, after the special judge of PMLA court returns from leave, the District Judge (DJ) court has given instructions to produce him on April 24 and take remand.
Let us tell you that on Saturday, ED had summoned Anil Tuteja and his son Yash Tuteja from the ACB/EOW office and took them with them to the zonal office for questioning. While after a long interrogation of both of them, Yash Tuteja was released early in the morning but Anil Tuteja was arrested and presented in the court and 14 days remand was sought but due to Sunday being a holiday, he was presented in the holiday court. Where ED had sought 14 days’ ED remand from Anil Tuteja to interrogate him in the fresh ECIR registered by ED in the excise scam case. After hearing the arguments of both the defense and ED lawyers, the JMFC court, after reserving its verdict, sent Anil Tuteja to jail on judicial remand for one day late in the evening.
Five reasons for the arrest of Anil Tuteja
ED has given five reasons for the arrest of Anil Tuteja. Which are as follows. 1. To prevent destruction of evidence 2. To interrogate other persons/accused involved in the crime face to face 3. To trace the proceeds of crime 4. To prevent influence of witnesses 5. To identify other people involved in the syndicate .
The details of the arrest are in sixteen pages
In about sixteen pages, the Enforcement Directorate has given the basis of arrest in the alleged liquor scam, what was the crime, how the crime took place and what is the role of Anil Tuteja in it. All these things have been told. ED has alleged in this that Anwar Dhebar had committed this alleged liquor scam by forming a syndicate. That syndicate got its biggest strength from Anil Tuteja. The Enforcement Directorate has described Anil Tuteja as the “architect of liquor scam” of the alleged liquor scam syndicate. According to ED, Anil Tuteja was the supreme power and policy controller of this syndicate.
