Kerala HC Grants Bail To Reporter TV MD Anto Augustine Over Liquor Seizure Case
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday, September 22, granted bail to Anto Augustine, the managing director of Malayalam news channel Reporter TV in the liquor possession case.
Officials recently arrested Augustine following the seizure of liquor beyond permissible limits from his residence in Wayanad during their raid in connection with alleged financial irregularities linked to Messi’s Kerala visit sponsorship.
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Justice Kauser Edappagath passed the bail order today moring. Earlier, the GST department imposed a fine of Rs 52 crore on the Reporter TV broadcasting company due to alleged tax evasion in connection with Messi’s Kerala visit case.