The Supreme Court on Tuesday 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, Bar and Bench reported.

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

The Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation, also known as Tasmac , is a government-owned company that has a monopoly over the wholesale and retail sales of alcoholic beverages in the state.

The ED has alleged that Tasmac is at the centre of a Rs 1,000-crore corruption network involving state officials, liquor distilleries and bottling companies. It based its investigation on over 40 cases filed by the state government and Tasmac again

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