<h1>Son of former chief minister and associate arrested in alleged Rs 2,500 crore liquor scam; remanded to ACB/EOW custody</h1> Anti-corruption and economic offences authorities arrested the son of a former chief minister and another accused in an alleged state liquor scam said to have generated over Rs 2,500 crore between 2019-2022; both were remanded to ACB/EOW custody until October 6. The son had been in judicial custody since an earlier enforcement agency arrest in July and was not named in the main or multiple supplementary ACB/EOW charge sheets filed so far, though a later enforcement agency supplementary prosecution complaint alleges he led the syndicate and handled nearly Rs 1,000 crore of proceeds. Investigations and multiple arrests of former officials and officeholders continue.