ED has provisionally attached immovable assets of Rs.9.31 Crore M/s Kala Amb Distillery and Brewery Pvt. Ltd at Solan

Directorate of Enforcement(ED) has provisionally attached immovable  assets of
Rs.9.31 Crore which include an industrial plot with factory and building valued at Rs. 5.31
Crore of M/s Kala Amb Distillery and Brewery Pvt. Ltd at Solan, Himachal Pradeshand aLand
measuring 22504 Sq. mtr. alongwith factory and building having worth of Rs. 4 Crore at
Holongi Village, Arunachal Pradesh in the name of Dorjee Phuntso Khrime under the
provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) as Proceeds of Crime
generated by supplying liquor illegally in the state of Bihar.
ED initiated investigation on the basis of various FIRs and chargesheet under the
provisions of Indian Panel Code, 1860 by Bihar Police against M/s Sunil Bhardwaj and others
for illegal supply of liquor in the state of Bihar.
ED investigation revealed that Sunil Bhardwaj runs M/s Kala AMB Brewery and
Distillery Pvt Ltd at Village- Bhangla, Distt. – Solan, Himachal Pradesh. Sunil Bhardwaj in
connivance with his accomplice namely Dorjee Phuntso Khrime s/o Nima Tsering Khrime,
resident of Papum Pare, Itanagar, Arunanchal Pradeshhas incorporated various entities
which have been used to get licenses for establishing distillery units and also for running
liquor shops in the area of Arunachal Pradesh
ED investigation further revealed that Sunil Bhardwaj and Dorjee Phuntso Khrime are
using a web of their entities, claimed to be involved in the business of liquor, for supplying
liquor manufactured /bottled by them into the state of Bihar illegally. Further, it is also
revealed that the liquor was dispatched from the factory of Kala Amb Distillery & Brewery Pvt.
Ltd. for Arunachal Pradesh, but the same were diverted to Bihar on the direction of Sunil
Bhardwaj and Dorjee Phuntso Khrime.
It is also noticed that they used the web of their associated entities for opening various
bank accounts for receiving money from the buyers of the illegal liquor supplied in Bihar and
by doing so generating Proceeds of Crime. Investigation revealed that Rs. 9.31 Crore have
been deposited in cash in Bihar in the bank accounts of companies/entities of Sunil Bhardwaj
and Dorjee Phuntso Khrime, which has been generated by the commission of schedule
offences.
Further investigation is under progress