Overview
- Assistant Commissioner of Excise Mandakini Dixit was suspended with immediate effect after a video linked to contractor Dinesh Makwana’s November 8 suicide circulated online, with Chief Minister Mohan Yadav calling for a transparent probe.
- In one video attributed to Makwana, he alleges monthly bribe demands of Rs 1.5 lakh per shop, claims to have paid Rs 20–22 lakh, and says his stock was blocked when payments were withheld.
- A separate clip published Saturday purports to capture pressure for a Rs 2 crore payment; the outlet notes the recording’s authenticity has not yet been verified.
- Dixit denies all allegations, says she never met or spoke to Makwana and points to the excise department’s online processes, and she earlier filed a November 24 police complaint alleging blackmail by his family.
- Indore police have registered a case and are investigating, Dewas Collector Rituraj Singh said, while Makwana’s family lodged a November 29 complaint seeking an inquiry; Makwana operated five liquor shops with a reported turnover around Rs 14 crore.