Former Akali MLA’s son arrested by ED
Kanwar Inder Singh/ February 8,2023
The law enforcement agency Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Gautam Malhotra, the younger son of liquor baron and former Shiromani Akali Dal MLA from Faridkot, Deep Malhotra, in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case.
ED had already raided the properties of liquor baron Deep Malhotra at Faridkot and Ludhiana in October last year in Punjab, who owns the liquor manufacturing and distribution company Oasis Group, in connection with its money laundering probe into the Delhi government’s excise policy. Deep Malhotra whose company had bid for liquor vends in three groups in Delhi.
As per sources, Gautam Malhotra , the younger son of Deep Malhotra, is said to manage the markets of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, apart from running the group’s distilleries in Ambala and Indore.
This is the second arrest in the case in the last two days. On Tuesday, the CBI arrested a Hyderabad-based chartered accountant (CA), understood to be the auditor of BRS MLC K Kavitha, in the liquor scam.
(royalpatiala.in News)