Vijayawada, Sept. 18 -- In a significant development in the Rs 3,500 crore liquor scam in Andhra Pradesh, Enforcement Directorate officials conducted raids at 20 places in 5 states and seized crucial documents pertaining to the scam.
According to official sources, the ED conducted raids in Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh and Telangana simultaneously on Thursday. ED officials raided the places based on the inputs provided by the AP SIT officials.
The major liquor scam took place during the erstwhile YSR Congress party regime led by YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. According to official sources, ED officials conducted searches for about seven hours in the house of businessmen Burugu Ramesh and his son Vikrant at West Marredpally in Hyderaba...