Delhi liquor policy case: Kavitha embarks ED office for questioning
Delhi liquor policy case: Kavitha embarks ED office for questioning
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New Delhi: K Kavitha, a member of the Bharatiya Rashtriya Samiti (BRS) and the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR), appeared at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office on Monday, March 20,  after being called in for questioning on the Delhi liquor policy case.

On March 16, the Enforcement Directorate sent Kavitha a new summons requesting that she attend its ongoing investigation into the case on March 20.

In response to Kavitha's refusal to appear at the ED interview on Thursday, citing an ongoing Supreme Court petition, the federal agency issued a new summons. Kavitha declined to show up for interrogation, informing the investigation team that the case is still being heard by the Supreme Court.

The sources said that Kavitha has sent the necessary documents sought by the probe agency through her legal representative. Because she was allegedly a crucial player in the south cartel, the ED had called her earlier this month and asked her to appear before it on Thursday in the Delhi Excise scandal.

The BRS leader had petitioned the Supreme Court for an urgent hearing, arguing that since she is a woman, the investigatory body's officials must go to her instead of summoning her to the ED office.

The Supreme Court had agreed on March 22 to hear her appeal against the ED summons but had declined to provide her temporary relief.

Arun Ramchandra Pillai, a businessman from Hyderabad who was detained on March 6 night in connection with the crime, would be confronted by Kavitha, as per reports.

The ED has learned via its investigation that Pillai is one of the primary players in the alleged scheme involving the payment of significant bribes and the creation of the largest cartel in the South Group.

The South Group includes the Telangana MLC Kavitha, the Aurobindo Group promoter Sarath Reddy, the Ongole, MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy and his son Raghav Magunta, among others. The South Group was being represented by Pillai, Abhishek Boinpalli and Butchi Babu, the investigation agency  has revealed.

The South Group and a leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had a political agreement that Pillai and his associates were working to carry out. According to the ED investigation, Pillai was an accomplice and was involved in the kickbacks from the South Group and the recoupment of the same from Delhi businesses.

The South Group handed AAP politicians kickbacks worth Rs 100 crore, according to earlier claims made by the ED.
According to information, Pillai owns a 32.5% stake in Indo Spirits, which holds an L1 licence. Arun (32.5%), Prem Rahul (32.5%), and Indospirit Distribution Limited (35%) are partners in the business known as Indo Spirits. Arun and Prem Rahul represented the benami investments of Kavitha and Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy and his son Raghava Magunta.

Kavitha, who is a member of the TLC, was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the same case in December 2022.

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