Ranchi (21.05.2025): In a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam in Jharkhand, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Vinay Kumar Choubey (IAS: 1999: JH). A special court remanded him to judicial custody till June 3. He is currently posted as Principal Secretary, Department of Panchayati Raj. Previously, Choubey worked as Secretary and Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
The excise department's joint commissioner Gajendra Singh was also arrested and sent to jail in the same case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had raided premises linked to Choubey and Singh in October last year as part of its investigation into the excise scam.
The ED had taken cognisance of the matter from September 7, 2024 FIR filed by the Chhattisgarh Police’s ACB at Raipur naming Choubey, retired Chhattisgarh IAS officer Anil Tuteja, Anwar Dhebar who is the elder brother of Raipur Mayor Aijaz Dhebar, Indian Telecom Service officer Arunpati Tripathi, and several others.
ACB arrests Jharkhand IAS officer in liquor scam case
By IndianMandarins - 2025-05-21 11:31:00
Ranchi (21.05.2025): In a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam in Jharkhand, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested Vinay Kumar Choubey (IAS: 1999: JH). A special court remanded him to judicial custody till June 3. He is currently posted as Principal Secretary, Department of Panchayati Raj. Previously, Choubey worked as Secretary and Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Jharkhand.
The excise department's joint commissioner Gajendra Singh was also arrested and sent to jail in the same case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had raided premises linked to Choubey and Singh in October last year as part of its investigation into the excise scam.
The ED had taken cognisance of the matter from September 7, 2024 FIR filed by the Chhattisgarh Police’s ACB at Raipur naming Choubey, retired Chhattisgarh IAS officer Anil Tuteja, Anwar Dhebar who is the elder brother of Raipur Mayor Aijaz Dhebar, Indian Telecom Service officer Arunpati Tripathi, and several others.
