**Retired Deputy Commissioner Arrested in 2003 Liquor Contract Fraud Case**
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The Shahpura police arrested retired Excise Department Deputy Commissioner Vinod Raghuvanshi on Friday in connection with the 2003 liquor contract fraud case. The arrest was made based on a court warrant. Following his arrest, Raghuvanshi was produced before the court and subsequently sent to jail, police officials confirmed.
In July 2025, the Bhopal district court sentenced Raghuvanshi to four years in prison after finding him guilty of tampering with official records and manipulating a partnership deed to benefit a liquor firm. Earlier in 2023, a magistrate’s court had awarded him three years’ imprisonment, which was later increased to four years.
The case stems from events beginning March 2002, when the complainant, Ajay Arora, became an 18% partner in a firm that secured an excise contract. However, in March 2003, Raghuvanshi—then serving as the district excise officer—along with clerk O.P. Sharma, allegedly prepared a fake partnership deed to remove Arora from the firm’s records.
Alongside the four-year imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 imposed on Raghuvanshi, co-accused Sharma was sentenced to two years in jail and fined Rs 10,000 as well.
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