Raipur: Chhattisgarh ACB/EOW on Thursday seized a half-burnt cache of fake holograms from the premises of liquor scam accused Anwar Dhebar, elder brother of Raipur Congress mayor Aijaz Dhebar, and arrested three people in this connection, an official said. Did.

Amid apprehensions of a raid on the premises by the Enforcement Directorate probing the alleged liquor scam, Anurag Dwivedi, Amit Singh and Deepak Duari had burnt some duplicate holograms in 2022 on the instructions of Anwar Dhebar and another person, Arvind Singh. He said that happened between 2019 and 2022 under the previous Congress government in the state.

The state Anti-Corruption Bureau/Economic Offenses Wing has named several Congress leaders and firms in its FIR registered in January this year under the Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act based on an ED report.

The fake holograms were reportedly made at a firm in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

Incidentally, UP Police had registered a case against Anwar Dhebar and three Chhattisgarh officials, including two IAS officers, in July last year on the complaint of a Raipur-based deputy director of the ED.

Anwar Dhebar and another person were arrested by the UP Police last month and are currently in jail there.