CBI files supplementary chargesheet against 5 in Delhi excise scam

April 22, 2024 10:51 am

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The Fact News Service

New Delhi, July 14

The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a second supplementary chargesheet before a court in Delhi against five accused including the Director of Chariot Productions Media Pvt Ltd in an ongoing investigation in an alleged excise scam case.

The accused named in the second supplementary chargesheet have been identified as Rajesh Joshi, Director of Chariot Productions Media Pvt. Ltd; Damodar Prasad Sharma, Employee of Chariot Productions Media Pvt. Ltd; Prince Kumar, Employee of Chariot Productions Media Pvt. Ltd; Arvind Kumar Singh, an employee of a media channel and Chanpreet Singh Rayat.

In a statement, CBI mentioned that a case was registered on August 17 in 2022 against the then Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, and others including then Commissioner (Excise), then Deputy Commissioner (Excise), then Assistant Commissioner (Excise), all of GNCTD, Delhi; 10 liquor licences, their associates and unknown others on a reference from MHA(GOI) related to alleged irregularities in framing and implementation of the excise policy of GNCTD, Delhi.