<h1>ED arrests hotel owner, son and ex-excise commissioner in alleged Rs 2,500 crore liquor money-laundering case under Section 3 PMLA</h1> A state anti-corruption/economic offences agency arrested a hotel owner, his son and a former excise commissioner in an alleged multi-crore liquor corruption case after a Supreme Court stay on coercive action was lifted; the trio, previously absconding, allegedly managed collection, storage and distribution of illicit proceeds to officials and private persons. The Enforcement Directorate is probing alleged money-laundering of over Rs 2,500 crore said to have occurred between 2019-2022 when the state was under the prior ruling party. The FIR named around 70 individuals and companies; multiple chargesheets and supplementary filings have been made and several other political figures and officials have already been detained.