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The Supreme Court asked the Enforcement Directorate whether it was encroaching upon the rights of the Tamil Nadu Police in a money laundering investigation against the Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation. A bench headed by Chief Justice BR Gavai asked the ED whether the state police could not look into the matter.

The ED has alleged that the state government-owned corporation, also known as Tasmac, which has a monopoly over the sale of alcoholic beverages in Tamil Nadu, is at the centre of a Rs 1,000-crore corruption network involving officials, liquor distilleries and bottling companies. The probe is based on cases filed by the state against Tasmac officials since 2017.

This is the second time in six months that the court has questioned the ED’s actions in the matter. Read on.

The Haryana government sent Director General of Police Shatrujeet Kapur on leave amid a row surrounding the death of Indian Police Service officer Y Puran Kumar. Kumar was found dead at his home in Chandigarh on October 7.

The police said he died by suicide. In a “final note” recovered...

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