Enforcement Directorate has once again launched raids in a number of premises in connection with the liquor scam in Ranchi. 

The premise of its raid on Tuesday morning are residences of senior IAS officer Vinay Choubey and Joint Commissioner,Excise,Gajendra Singh among others. 

On September 27, 2024, Chhattisgarh’s anti-corruption branch, probing an alleged liquor scam in the state, had registered an FIR against a ‘syndicate’ comprising Jharkhand-cadre IAS officer Vinay Choubey, who was the Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Hemant Soren when the 2022 Excise Policy was implemented in Jharkhand. 

Choubey is currently the Principal Secretary Panchayati Raj Department in Jharkhand. The FIR was registered after Vikas Singh – a Chattisgarh ACB official–on September 9 named two officials from Jharkhand, including former Excise Secretary Vinay Choubey and others.