India, Sept. 18 -- The Chhattisgarh Anti-Corruption Bureau on Thursday arrested the state's former excise commissioner Niranjan Das in connection with the alleged liquor scam.

Das, who served as commissioner of the state excise department, was taken into custody in connection with accusations that he received undue benefits running into several crores of rupees through the sale of unaccounted liquor in government-run shops, manipulation of tenders, transfer of officers, and support for a flawed liquor policy.

Das, a Chhattisgarh cadre officer who was later promoted to the Indian Administrative Service, is the second retired IAS officer to be arrested in the case. He will be produced before a Chhattisgarh court on Friday.

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