Scam: CBI arrests senior executive of India Ahead News for Rs.17 crore transfer to AAP publicity handler:

Scam: CBI arrests senior executive of India Ahead News for Rs.17 crore transfer to AAP publicity handler Arvind Kumar Singh, the news channel's commercial head and production controller, was arrested for allegedly transferring Rs.17 crore through hawala channels to an organisation handling the Aam Admi Party's (AAP) marketing campaign during the Goa elections. During the investigation, the CBI discovered WhatsApp chats and records of hawala operators that showed Singh was allegedly involved in the hawala transfers of Rs 17 crore between June 2021 and January 2022 to Chariot Media, which was handling the AAP's outdoor advertisement campaign in Goa, according to sources. The Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22, which grants licences to liquor traders, is said to have benefited specific dealers who reportedly paid bribes for it, a claim strenuously denied by the AAP. The policy was eventually abandoned. It was also claimed that irregularities were committed, such as changes in the excise policy, offering excessive advantages to licensees, waiving/ reducing licence fees, extending L-1 licences without authorisation, and so on.