Bhopal, April 29 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) carried out extensive raids across Madhya Pradesh, focusing on prominent liquor traders in Indore, Bhopal, Rewa, Mandsaur, and Jabalpur. The most significant action took place in Indore, where 18 locations linked to contractors such as Avinash Srivastava, Vijay Srivastava, Rakesh Jaiswal, Yogendra Jaiswal, Rahul Chouksey, Suryaprakash Arora, Gopal Shivhare, Lavkush, and Pradeep Jaiswal were searched. These properties were located in areas including Basant Bihar Colony, Tulsi Nagar, and Mahalaxmi Nagar.
The raids were part of an ongoing investigation triggered by an FIR filed in 2024, which alleges that the state incurred a revenue loss of over Rs. 49 crore between 2015 and 2018. The inve...