indore economic offences wing eow on friday launched an initial probe into a complaint alleging irregularities in auctioning of liquor shops in indore district that dented the public exchequer by over rs 34 crorethe eow has launched the probe into whether the then deputy commissioner of excise indore division has misused his position to extend benefits to liquor contractors and cause revenue loss an official release saida complaint was lodged with eow alleging that several liquor shops allotted to the auctioneers in different districts of indore division during 201516 were returned by the operators after running the businesses for a brief period it saidviolating the rules laid down for excise department senior excise officers had retendered the shops and handed them over to relatives of the contractors the release said adding after the retendering process the shops were given out at very low prices thus denting the coffers by around rs 34 crorethe retendering process was carried out in khargone jhabua khandwa and barwani the guidelines prescribed for recovery of the revenue loss from the contractors but no action was taken sanctions were not taken for the retendering process from the excise commissioner and the state government thus the contractors returned the allotment of the shops procured during the first tender and got it back through the tendering process at lower pricesthe eow did not name the official accused of the irregularities but the then deputy commissioner excise indore division raghuvanshi was transferred to gwalior on wednesday after allegations of financial irregularities came to fore in allotment of liquor contracts and release of liquor to shops using treasury challans