Probe Agency Arrests Ex Chhattisgarh Minister Kawasi Lakhma In Liquor Scam

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested ChhattisgarhChhattisgarhChhattisgarh Congress MLA and former excise minister Kawasi Lakhma in connection with an alleged liquor scam, officials said.

Slamming the move, Kawasi Lakhma said he is being implicated in a false case.

The federal agency had on December 28 raided the premises of the ex-minister and his son Harish Lakhma in Raipur, Sukma and Dhamtari districts of the state as part of a money laundering investigation into the case.

The ED subsequently questioned Mr Lakhma (71) and his son in the case.