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Excise case: CBI quiz Satyendar Jain in Tihar Jail
February 15, 2023

The Central Bureau of Investigation has quizzed Delhi's Minister Satyendar Jain in Tihar Jail in connection with alleged corruption in the implementation of the Delhi Excise Policy. 

 He was questioned in the Tihar jail on Tuesday in relation to a matter of excise. 

 Jain is presently lodged in Judicial Custody in connection with another case related to money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). 

 He has not been made an accused in Excise Policy case. His name surfaced in the matter along with other cabinet minister's of Delhi and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. 

 According to the concerned lawyers, the CBI has also quizzed Vijay Nair, who is also lodged in Tihar Jail in connection with the ED case related to the Excise policy. Nair was granted bail in a CBI case by the Trial court earlier. 

 Recently, CBI and ED have made several arrests for alleged corruption in the implementation of the Delhi Excise Policy. 

 The ED last week has also arrested Raghav Magunta, son of YSR Congress Party MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, in the Delhi excise policy money laundering case Earlier, CBI also questioned Raghava Reddy and asked whether the liquor cartel paid bribes to AAP government functionaries in Delhi through a middleman.
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