Reporter TV MD remanded to 14-days judicial custody in liquor storage case
Police seized 67 litres of liquor and booked the Reporter TV chief under the Kerala Abkari Act in a fraud-linked probe.
- On Thursday, the Sultan Bathery Judicial First Class Magistrate Court remanded Reporter Broadcasting Company managing director Anto Augustine in judicial custody for 14 days following his arrest on liquor possession charges.
- Wednesday's discovery of 67 litres of unauthorized liquor at his ancestral residence in Muttil South Village, Wayanad, triggered the arrest by the Special Investigation Team .
- Augustine faces non-bailable charges under the Kerala Abkari Act, specifically Sections 55, 55, and 58, after officials seized 43.85 litres of foreign-made foreign liquor and 6.25 litres of KSBC wine.
- The Sultan Bathery Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-I denied Augustine's bail application on Friday, as the Excise Department formed an SIT to investigate the liquor's origin and intended use.
- Investigators are probing an alleged criminal conspiracy dating back to 2024, involving "illegal and fake" details in an agreement with the Argentina Football Association to cheat the State government for profiteering.
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