Delhi liquor scam: CBI files supplementary chargesheet against Butchi Babu

Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday filed a supplementary chargesheet against four accused, including Delhi former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and Hyderabad-based chartered accountant Butchi Babu Gorantla in the Delhi liquor scam case.

The CBI also named Amandeep Dhal, owner of Brindco Spirits, and Arjun Pandey, private person, in the chargesheet. Butchi Babu is out on bail and is said to be a former auditor of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter and BRS MLC K. Kavitha in the Delhi liquor scam.

Amandeep Singh Dhal and Arjun Pandey are charged under the Sections 420 (cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC as well as the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Special judge M.K. Nagpal fixed May 12 for considering the chargesheet after the CBI submitted that the prosecution sanction against Sisodia has been procured from competent authorities.

The CBI in its first chargesheet filed in 2022 named Vijay Nair, Abhishek Boinpally, Arun Pillai, Sameer Mahendru, Gautam Mootha, Kuldeep Singh, and Narendra Singh as accused in the case. Of the four accused, Sisodia and Dhall are in judicial custody. While Gorantla was granted bail in the matter on March 6, Pandey has not been arrested.