Ranchi: The state’s anti-corruption bureau (ACB) has nabbed a Chhattisgarh-based trader, Navin Kedia, from Goa in connection with the Jharkhand liquor scam, which is being investigated by the agency.Sources stated that ACB had applied for a transit remand of Kedia before the local court in Goa to bring Kedia to Jharkhand.Notably, the ACB’s case is related to fake bank guarantees submitted by human resource agencies of Vision Hospitality and Marshan Innovative for running retail liquor shops in the state and the lack of action against them.Earlier, the ACB summoned Kedia to appear to face questions related to the scam, but he did not comply. The ACB had subsequently secured a warrant for his arrest from the ACB court in Ranchi.Kedia had also moved the ACB court for anticipatory bail in the case, but it was rejected. He has been absconding since then.It may be mentioned here that ACB had earlier arrested IAS officer Vinay Choubey, former IAS officer Amit Prakash, excise officer Ganjendra Singh, the then Jharkhand State Beverages Corporation Limited general manager (GM) Sudhir Kumar Das and GM operation-cum-finance Sudhir Kumar, Raipur-based businessman Sidharth Singhania in connection. All of them have secured bail.
