New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- Congress leader Ramgopal Agrawal, whom the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested a day ago in connection with the alleged Chhattisgarh liquor scam, has been accused by the agency of receiving a "substantial part" of the proceeds of crime estimated at around Rs 3,000 crore generated through the alleged irregularities in the state's liquor trade.

Based on a statement recorded under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, of the persons who handled and moved the cash in the 'scam', ED said: "a substantial part of the Proceeds of Crime, generated in cash, was delivered to Ramgopal Agrawal in his capacity as the then Treasurer of the Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee."

"The cash was deli...