India, Aug. 29 -- Two liquor businessmen from Jharkhand were taken into custody by the Chhattisgarh Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in connection with a money laundering case linked to the alleged liquor case in the state, officials said on Thursday.

The accused, Atul Singh and Mukesh Manchanda who are directors of foreign liquor licensee firm Om Sai Beverages were lodged in a Jharkhand jail in a similar case there.

They will be brought to Raipur on a production warrant obtained from a Jharkhand court and will be produced before the special Anti-Corruption Bureau/Economic Offences Wing (ACB/EOW) court on Friday, an official said.

Singh and Manchanda are accused of collecting commission on liquor trade as part of the money laundering case....