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Srinivasulu Reddy turns approver in Delhi liquor scam

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Srinivasulu Reddy turns approver in Delhi liquor scam

Ongole MP from the YSR Congress, Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy turned approver in the sensational Delhi liquor scam. He would be the third accused to become the approver in the case.

Saratchandra Reddy and Magunata Raghava Reddy have already become the approvers and are on bail. They were arrested earlier this year in the liquor case and are on bail now.

The Enforcement Directorate which is probing into the case had laid its hands on Srinivasulu Reddy after they arrested his son Raghava Reddy. As Raghava Reddy had reportedly confessed some information, the ED had laid its hands on Srinivasulu Reddy.

Srinivasulu Reddy had denied his role and that of his son for several months. However, when the ED arrested his son, Srinivasulu Reddy changed his stand on the issue. He is now being questioned by the ED officials in the scam, particularly the way through which the money was transferred to Delhi from Hyderabad.

The ED had already arrested a couple of ministers from the Delhi state government in the case. It is now working on the financial transactions that took place in the deal.

The ED had also arrested the auditor of BRS MLC and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter Kalvakuntla Kavitha in the case. It is likely that the ED would lay its hands on Kavitha in the days to come.

It is to be seen how Kavitha would escape from being arrested or her father Chandrasekhar Rao to save his daughter.

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Delhi high court grants bail to Saratchandra Reddy

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Delhi high court grants bail to Saratchandra Reddy

The Delhi high court on Monday granted bail to P Saratchandra Reddy, who is accused in the Delhi liquor scam. Earlier, the CBI court in Rouse Avenue had granted four weeks interim bail, which was now cleared by the Delhi high court.

Saratchandra Reddy applied for bail citing the health condition of his wife who needs his presence around her. He told the court that he needs to take care of his ailing wife and wanted the court to give him bail. He sought six weeks bail on these grounds.

He also secured fourteen days bail when his grandmother died recently.

Saratchandra Reddy was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on November 10, 2022 in Delhi liquor scam. He was the non-executive director of the Hyderabad-based Aurobindo Pharma. The ED had alleged that Saratchandra Reddy was one of the key persons in the liquor scam and had received greater benefit.

Hyderabad-based auditor, Gorantla Butchi Babu, who is also one of the accused in the Delhi liquor scam had revealed the involvement of Saratchandra Reddy in the case, the ED told the court earlier.

The ED also told the court that 36 persons including Saratchandra Reddy have destroyed evidence in 176 mobile phones after the case was attached to the ED. All these mobiles contained the data related to the liquor scam and the deals, the ED said.

However, the ED was able to retrieve the data from over 17 mobiles, which has potential information to substantiate the case.

Telangana former MP and present MLC Kalavakuntla Kavitha is also accused in the liquor scam along with others.

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Excise policy case: Vijay Nair tried to impress K Kavitha to generate kickbacks, says ED

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Excise policy case: Vijay Nair tried to impress K Kavitha to generate kickbacks, says ED

Former communication in-charge of AAP, Vijay Nair, tried to impress KCR’s daughter K. Kavitha in the Delhi excise policy case, allegedly to gain their trust and generate kickbacks, the ED has said in the charge sheet, quoting another accused Buchi Babu, former CA of Kavitha.

Buchi Babu in his statement said that in March 2021, accused Arun Pillai and Abhishek had connected with Vijay Nair and Sameer Mahandru on Zoom call in Delhi in respect of the business opportunities in the upcoming Delhi excise policy. Buchi Babu said there was a political understanding between K. Kavitha and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.

“Vijay Nair was trying to impress K Kavitha with what he could do in the policy. Vijay Nair was acting on behalf of the Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia. Vijay Nair was working on the excise policy at their behalf,” ED has said quoting Buchi Babu.

The understanding was that in exchange of the favours that can be done in the policy and in the Delhi liquor business for K Kavitha, some funds would be given to the AAP. Arun Pillai was also closely working with Vijay Nair on the policy discussions. During this entire process, he was only giving his services as a professional and understanding the business opportunities on her behalf along with Arun Pillai.

When ED asked Buchi Babu about having possession of parts of the Group of Ministers (GoM) report in his phone on March, 21 2021, he said that Vijay Nair sent this message to Arun Pillai and him and then he copied this message from his one phone to other phone.

“Vijay Nair sent this message to show that he is getting those changes added in the GoM and the same he had sent to Buchi Babu and Arun,” the ED charge sheet read.

After the meeting that took place in Gauri Apartments in New Delhi, Buchi Babu, Arun and Abhishek met with Vijay Nair and businessman Dinesh Arora at ITC Kohenoor in Hyderabad in June 2021. The meeting was to discuss various issues pertaining to South Group’s engagement in the Delhi liquor business, proposals etc.

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Kavitha returns to Hyderabad, meets father KCR

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Kavitha returns to Hyderabad, meets father KCR

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Wednesday returned from Delhi and drove straight to the residence of her father and Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao where she was understood to have briefed him on questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Delhi excise policy case.

Accompanied by her husband D. Anil Kumar, brother and minister K.T. Rama Rao, cousin and minister T. Harish Rao, Kavitha reached Pragati Bhavan.

While the family members came together to celebrate Ugadi, the Telugu New Year, Kavitha reportedly also briefed her father about the questioning by the ED in the national capital on March 20 and 21.

The BRS legislator is understood to have explained to her father what happened in Delhi during the last three days, the kind of questions asked by the ED and her replies to them.

Chief Minister KCR, Kavitha, KTR and Harish Rao also believed to have discussed the strategy on how to counter the BJP which they believe is using investigating agencies for political mileage.

As Kavitha’s petition challenging the ED summons is coming up for hearing on March 24, the meeting also reportedly discussed the arguments to be put forward during the hearing.

The possibility of ED summoning her again for questioning was discussed by the BRS leaders.

KCR was reported to be closely monitoring the developments in Delhi.

He had sent KTR, Harish Rao and other leaders to the national capital to stand by her.

Kavitha was first summoned by the ED in Delhi liquor scam to appear on March 9.

However, she had requested the ED to defer questioning citing a one-day hunger strike announced by her on March 10 in the national capital over the delay in passing the Women’s Reservation Bill in the Parliament.

The ED had issued fresh summons asking her to appear on March 11.

She was grilled for nine hours on March 11. The agency again issued summons to Kavitha to appear on March 16, but she skipped the hearing citing her pending petition in Supreme Court against the ED’s summons till March 24.

The same day, ED issued fresh summons to Kavitha asking her to appear before them on March 20. On March 20, the ED quizzed her for over 10 hours. The agency asked her to appear again on March 21.

She was again questioned for 10 hours at ED office in Delhi on March 21. There was no clarity on the date of her next appearance as the ED is yet to issue summons.

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Excise policy case: Delhi court sends bizman Arun Pillai to judicial custody

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Excise policy case: Delhi court sends bizman Arun Pillai to judicial custody

A Delhi court on Monday sent Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai to judicial custody in connection with the 2021-22 Delhi excise policy case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Last week, Special Judge M.K. Nagpal of the Rouse Avenue Courts had extended Pillai’s ED remand till Monday after noting that the probe agency has gathered some new details after confronting Pillai with Butchi Babu Gorantla, a Hyderabad-based chartered accountant, on March 15.

The ED had earlier informed the court that Pillai needs to be confronted with Magunta Reddy, also an accused.

On March 16, the agency’s request for prolonged remand was contested by Pillai’s lawyer, Manu Sharma, who argued that such confrontations between the accused are a never-ending process.

The ED had arrested Pillai on March 6 after questioning him for hours in connection with the case.

His arrest marked the 11th arrest in the matter by the ED.

The probe agency has alleged that Pillai was involved in forming a cartel of manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers which controlled more than 30 per cent of the liquor business in the national capital.

The ED named the cartel ‘South Group’, which includes BRS leader K. Kavitha; Sarath Reddy, the promoter of Aurobindo Pharma; YSRCP MP from Ongole Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy; his son Raghav Magunta and others.

The South Group was represented by Pillai, Abhishek Boinpally and Babu, the agency claimed.

Pillai is a partner in Indo Spirits with a 32.5 per cent stake and he represented Kavitha’s interests, said the ED.

Kavitha, the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, also arrived at the ED headquarters here on Monday for a second round of questioning in connection with the case.

Earlier on Monday, the court extended the judicial custody of AAP leader and former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia till April 3 in connection with the same case which is also being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

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ED summons YSRC MP Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy in Delhi excise case

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ED summons YSRC MP Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy in Delhi excise case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday issued a summon to Ongole YSR Congress (YSRC) MP Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, to appear before them on March 18, in connection with the Delhi excise policy scam.

There are possibilities that ED might be confronting Sreenivasulu Reddy with Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramachandra Pillai arrested for money laundering in the excise case. The MP’s son, Magunta Raghava Reddy, was earlier arrested in the scam.

The ED has claimed in the supplementary charge sheet that Vijay Nair, on behalf of leaders of AAP received kickbacks to the tune of Rs 100 crore from South Group, whose prominent persons are Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, Raghav Magunta, Sarath Reddy and K Kavitha, the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.

The ED had arrested Punjab-based businessman Gautam Malhotra and one Rajesh Joshi, an aide of Vijay Nair. It was alleged that Joshi got money from Nair for Goa election. This money was proceeds of crime generated through Excise policy scam. Their interrogation led to the arrest of Magunta Raghava Reddy.

Now, the ED is further probing the matter.

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Excise policy scam: Delhi court extends bizman Arun Pillai’s ED custody

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Excise policy scam: Delhi court extends bizman Arun Pillai’s ED custody

A Delhi court on Thursday extended Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till March 20 in the excise policy case.

Special Judge M. K. Nagpal of the Rouse Avenue Courts noted that the ED has gathered some new details after a confrontation with Butchi Babu Gorantla, Hyderabad-based chartered accountant, on March 15.

The court further noted the ED’s submissions that these confrontations are not yet over as the same person has been re-summoned on March 17.

Gorantla is the former auditor of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter MLC K Kavitha, who was also summoned by the ED on Thursday.

Magunta Reddy was also summoned on March 18. Pillai needs to be confronted with him, said the probe agency.

The ED informed the court that Kavitha has been called on March 20.

The agency’s request for prolonged remand was contested by Pillai’s lawyer, Manu Sharma, who argued that such confrontations between the accused are a never-ending process.

The court had extended Pillai’s ED custody by three days in the case on March 13.

The ED had arrested him late night on March 6 post questioning him for hours in the case.

On March 10, Pillai moved an application before the same court seeking to retract his statements given to the probe agency in the case. This led to issuing a notice to the ED by the court.

His arrest marks the 11th arrest in the matter by the ED.

The probe agency has alleged that Pillai was involved in forming a cartel (now called South Group) of manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers which controlled more than 30 per cent of the liquor business in the national capital.

The ED named the cartel, South Group, which includes BRS leader K. Kavitha, Sarath Reddy, the promoter of Aurobindo Pharma, YSRCP MP from Ongole, Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, his son Raghav Magunta and others.

The South Group was represented by Arun Pillai, Abhishek Boinpalli and Butchi Babu, the agency has claimed.

Pillai is a partner in Indo Spirits with a 32.5 per cent stake and he represented K. Kavitha’s interests, said the ED.

Pillai and another person have revealed the same in their statements. Pillai on paper invested Rs 3.40 crore in Indo Spirits.

As revealed in the investigation, out of this amount Rs 1 crore was given to Pillai on the instructions of Kavitha.

In exchange for kickbacks given by the South Group to Vijay Nair and AAP, Indo Spirits was made the wholesaler of Pernod Ricard which made it one of the most profitable L1.

Thus the fund of Rs 3.40 crore which was used to show investment in Indo Spirits (a special purpose vehicle to recoup the kickbacks paid by the South Group and channel the illegal gains) is proceeds of crime, the ED added.

Kavitha is a member of the Telangana Legislative Council.

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K.Kavitha’s ex-auditor joins ED probe in Delhi excise policy scam case

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K.Kavitha’s ex-auditor joins ED probe in Delhi excise policy scam case

Buchchi Babu, the former auditor of BRS MLC K. Kavitha, on Wednesday joined the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) probe in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy scam case.

Buchchi Babu was earlier arrested by the CBI in excise case.

He was later granted bail by a Special CBI court and is now being grilled by the ED.

Meanwhile, Kavitha, the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, was grilled by the ED for eight hours on March 11 in connection with the case.

She is slated to appear for the second round of questioning on Thursday.

Last time, she was reportedly confronted with Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Pillai, who had representing the South Group which allegedly gave ickbacks of Rs 100 crore to AAP leaders which were allegedly used in the Goa Assembly polls.

Pillai has reportedly said that he was an associate of Kavitha.

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Excise policy case: After nine-hour grilling, ED summons Kavitha again on March 16

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Excise policy case: After nine-hour grilling, ED summons Kavitha again on March 16

After grilling K. Kavitha, the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, in connection with the Delhi excise policy case for nine hours on Saturday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned her again for questioning on March 16.

Kavita was reportedly confronted with Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Pillai, who is already in ED custody for his alleged involvement in the case. A woman deputy director-level officer of the ED recorded the testimony of Kavitha.

Pillai was representing the ‘South Group’, which allegedly paid kickbacks of Rs 100 crore to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders which was reportedly used in the Assembly elections in Goa.

Pillai has allegedly said that he was an associate of Kavitha.

Their statements were recorded under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Kavitha was summoned to join the probe on Thursday, but she had sought more time after which her questioning was postponed to Saturday.

Kavitha has said that she has never met former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who has been arrested by the CBI and the ED in connection with the case, claiming that her name was being unnecessary dragged into the matter.

According to the ED, Kavitha is also one of the representatives of South Group in the excise policy case.

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Delhi Excise Policy case: Kavitha and Arun Pillai being confronted by ED

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Delhi Excise Policy case: Kavitha and Arun Pillai being confronted by ED

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter and BRS leader K. Kavitha and Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Pillai are being confronted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with its ongoing investigations into the Delhi Excise Policy scam.

Pillai was representing South Group which allegedly gave a kickbacks of Rs 100 crore to AAP leaders which were allegedly used in Goa elections.

While Pillai is on ED’s custodial remand, Kavitha joined the probe after being summoned by the central agency.

Pillai has claimed to be an associate of Kavitha–a Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) MLC.

Their statements are being recorded under section 50 of PMLA.

A woman deputy director level official is recording the testimony of Kavitha.

Kavitha was summoned to join the probe on Thursday, but she wrote a letter seeking more time after which her questioning was postponed for Saturday.

On Friday, she also staged a protest at Jantar Mantar. She claimed she never met former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and that her name was unnecessary being dragged into the matter.

According to the ED, Kavitha is also one of the representatives of South Group in Delhi Excise matter which allegedly paid a kickbacks of Rs 100 crore to AAP leaders.

“The South Group was represented by Abhishek Boinpally, Arun Pillai and Buchi Babu. Boinpalli facilitated the transfer of Rs 100 crore kickback in connivance and conspiracy with Nair and his associate Dinesh Arora. Now we will have to confront Pillai with Kavitha,” a source said.

Meanwhile, Sisodia is currently on ED’s remand. There are possibilities that Kavitha might be confronted with Sisodia and grilled by the central agency in connection with the alleged kickbacks which the AAP party/leaders allegedly received through hawala channel.

The source said that Kavitha will be confronted with the statement of Sisodia.A

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Bizman Arun Pillai moves application in Delhi court retracting statements given to ED

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Bizman Arun Pillai moves application in Delhi court retracting statements given to ED

Arrested by the Enforcement Directorate, Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai on Friday moved an application before Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court seeking to retract his statements given to the central agency in the excise policy case.

The court on Tuesday sent Pillai to the ED custody till March 13 after the agency arrested him late night on Monday post questioning him for hours in the case.

The court on Friday issued notice to the ED over Pillai’s plea.

His arrest being the 11th arrest made in the matter by the ED, the agency on Thursday apprehended AAP leader Manish Sisodia also.

Sisodia will be produced before the court in the afternoon and has sought bail in the same case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation.

The ED has alleged that Pillai was involved in forming a cartel (now called South group) manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers which controlled more than 30 per cent of the liquor business in the national capital.

The ED named the said cartel, South group, which includes BRS leader K. Kavitha, Sarath Reddy, the promoter of Aurobindo Pharma, YSRCP MP from Ongole, Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, his son Raghav Magunta and others.

The South group was represented by Arun Pillai, Abhishek Boinpalli and Butchi Babu, the agency has claimed.

Pillai is a partner in Indo Spirits with a 32.5 per cent stake and he represented K. Kavitha’s interest, said the ED.

Pillai and another person have revealed the same in their statements. Pillai on paper invested Rs 3.40 crore in Indo Spirits.

As revealed in the investigation, out of this amount Rs 1 crore was given to Pillai on the instructions of Kavitha.

In exchange for kickbacks given by the South Group to Vijay Nair and AAP, Indo Spirits was made the wholesaler of Pernod Ricard which made it one of the most profitable L1.

Thus the fund of Rs 3.40 crore which used to show investment in Indo Spirits (a special purpose vehicle to recoup the kickbacks paid by the South Group and channel the illegal gains) is proceeds of crime, the ED added.

Kavitha is a member of Telangana Legislative Council.

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It’s Modi summons, says KTR on ED notice to Kavitha

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It’s Modi summons, says KTR on ED notice to Kavitha

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao said on Thursday described summons issued to BRS MLC K. Kavitha by the Enforcement Directorate in Delhi excise policy case as “Modi summons”.

Rama Rao, who is brother of Kavitha, slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP-led government for misusing central agencies to harass opposition leaders.

Talking to reporters, he said Kavitha would appear before the ED and cooperate with the agency unlike BJP leader B. L. Santosh, who tried to avoid questioning by the SIT of Telangana in the case of alleged attempt to poach BRS MLAs.

He also targeted the Prime Minister for indulging in crony capitalism.

He alleged that ED and CBI raids on opposition parties were aimed at eradicating democracy in the country.

KTR, who is also a cabinet minister, alleged that the central agencies have become puppets in the hands of the Modi government.

He alleged that 11 leaders of BRS have been implicated in false cases. “Why none of the BJP leaders are being summoned by the central agencies. Is everyone in the BJP a brother of Raja Harishchandra,” he asked.

Alleging that the BJP-led government at the Centre has become synonymous with “unscrupulous rule” and “dishonest” investigating agencies, he said that 95 per cent of the raids by the Central agencies were on leaders of opposition parties.

He claimed that conviction was only in 23 out of 5,400 cases registered by the ED against the opposition leaders during the last nine years.

The BRS leader alleged that industrialist Gautam Adani has a link with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said though the LIC and SBI lost Rs.13 lakh crore, both the Prime Minister Modi and the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman remained tight-lipped.

KTR questioned the PM why he was silent on allegations against him on Adani. “We are saying Gautam Adani is a proxy of Narandra Modi. Will he take a lie detector test? Does he have the guts to come in front of the country,” he asked.

BJP’s double engine means one engine is Modi and the other engine is Adani. “Modi is a political engine, Adani is an economic engine,” he said.

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ED summons Kavitha in Delhi liquor scam

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ED summons Kavitha in Delhi liquor scam

The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday issued notices to BRS MLC and Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter K Kavitha asking her to appear before it in Delhi on Thursday. Kavitha was earlier questioned by the ED officials at her Hyderabad house on December 11, last year. She was questioned for seven long hours on the scam.

The ED had already arrested Hyderabad-based businessman Ramachandra Pillai and informed the Delhi CBI court that Pillai has direct contact with Kavitha. The ED further said that Kavitha is a partner in the Indospirits firm and Pillai represents her in the company which was paid Rs 100 crore kickbacks.

Meanwhile, Kavitha said that she is already busy with different engagements and would not be able to attend the ED questioning. Kavitha said that she would be participating in a day-long protest in Delhi seeking a women reservation bill and would not be available for the ED.

She alleged that the BJP government at the Centre was haunting the political rivals. She said that the ED and CBI cases would not deter KCR’s daughter from public life. She said that the BJP was targeting the political rivals to cover up its failures.

Kavitha left Hyderabad for Delhi on Wednesday evening to join the day-long protest at Jantar Mantar. Women activists of various non-BJP parties are participating in the protest in Delhi for the women reservation bill.

However, it is not known whether Kavitha would visit the ED office and attend the questioning or would seek more time. Initially, she had written a letter to the ED seeking more time and expressing her inability to attend the questioning on Thursday.

It is to be seen what she would do once she reaches the national capital. It is also to be seen what would the ED do on Kavitha’s request seeking more time.

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Delhi court sends bizman Arun Pillai to ED custody till March 13

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Delhi court sends bizman Arun Pillai to ED custody till March 13

A Delhi court on Tuesday sent Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till March 13 in the excise policy case.

The ED had arrested Pillai late on Monday after questioning him for hours in the case.

His arrest makes up for the eleventh arrest made in the matter by the ED.

Pillai was representing the “South Group” which allegedly gave kickbacks of Rs 100 crore to Aam Aadmi Party leaders which were allegedly used in Goa elections.

The court on earlier in the day, also sent liquor businessman Amandeep Dhall to judicial custody.

Dhall, the director of Brindco Sales Pvt Ltd, was produced before the Rouse Avenue Court.

The ED arrested Dhall in the alleged liquor policy scam three days after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Delhi’s former deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on February 26.

Dhall was placed under arrest after being questioned at length in connection with the case.

He played a main role in drafting the excise policy brought in by the Arvind Kejriwal-led government in Delhi. He is also a named accused in the CBI’s FIR.

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ED arrests Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Pillai in Delhi liquor policy case

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ED arrests Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Pillai in Delhi liquor policy case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramachandra Pillai in Delhi liquor policy scam.

He was taken into custody by the ED late on Monday night after questioning in New Delhi.

The Central agency had earlier conducted searches at the residence of Pillai at Kokapet in Hyderabad and attached his properties.

Pillai was allegedly frontman of a South liquor manufactureres’ group. According to investigating agency, he collected bribes from another accused Sameer Mahendru, managing director of Indospirit and handed it over to the other accused.

Pillai was allegedly given 32.5 per cent shareholding in Indospirit, which is said to have earned Rs 68 crore profit due to cartelization. Out of this amount, Rs 29 crore was transferred to bank accounts of Pillai and other related accounts.

In January, the ED had attached a land parcel owned by Pillai worth Rs 2.25 crore in Hyderabad.

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Sisodia’s arrest to divert attention from Adani-Modi nexus: KCR

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Sisodia’s arrest to divert attention from Adani-Modi nexus: KCR

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday condemned the arrest of Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Delhi liquor policy scam case.

KCR, as the leader is popularly known, and is also the President of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), said in a statement that the arrest is nothing more than diverting people’s attention from the nexus between industrialist Gautam Adani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

BRS Working President K. T. Rama Rao had Sunday termed Sisodia’s arrest as undemocratic and alleged that BJP’s treatment of opposition is vicious.

The BRS leader wanted to know how many ED, IT and CBI raids were conducted on BJP leaders or their kith and kin in the last 8 years.

“The country is watching how PM’s cronies are protected despite serious allegations and how Opposition leaders are hounded,” Rama Rao said.

“Modi’s Operandi is clear Target opposition parties by all means at his disposal; Either split the parties Or poach their MLAs & dislodge elected Governments If nothing works, use their only allies; CBI, ED & IT to harass and launch a smear campaign Back it with Paid Troll Army,” KTR tweeted.

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Hyderabad-based CA arrested in Delhi excise policy scam by CBI

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Hyderabad-based CA arrested in Delhi excise policy scam by CBI

In a latest development in the Delhi excise policy scam, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested a Hyderabad-based Chartered Accountant, Butchibabu Gorantla.

A senior CBI official said that Gorantla was arrested for his alleged role in the formulation and implementation of the Delhi Excise Policy and thereby causing wrongful gain to Hyderabad-based wholesale and retail licensees and their beneficial owners under the Delhi excise policy for year 2021-22.

Gorantle will be produced in the court later in the day. The CBI said that they will seek his custodial remand in the matter.

The CBI has filed a charge sheet in the case. A source said that they are in process of filing a supplementary charge sheet, and wanted to collect more evidence to make the case watertight.

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Telangana BJP questions KCR’s silence over Delhi liquor scam

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Telangana BJP questions KCR’s silence over Delhi liquor scam

Telangana BJP president Bandi Sanjay Kumar on Monday questioned Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s continued silence on Delhi liquor policy scam.

A day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioned the chief minister’s daughter K. Kavitha, the BJP leader said he should respond to the allegations of her involvement.

“Why is the chief minister not speaking anything on the liquor case,” asked Sanjay Kumar while addressing media persons at Korutla.

Reacting to reports that chief minister KCR will be conducting Rajasyamala Yagam in Delhi ahead of opening Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) central office, Sanjay Kumar alleged that he is doing yagam for his vested interests.

Stating that he is not against yagam, the BJP leader advised KCR to perform the yagam at his house or farmhouse.

Sanjay dared the BRS leader to take a pledge during the yagam that his family members are not involved in liquor scam.

The BJP leader also ridiculed KCR’s move to rechristen TRS as BRS to expand its activities at the national level. “What have you done in Telangana that you are floating the national party,” he asked.

Sanjay also challenged KCR to declare during the yagam as to how many people got double bed-room houses and how many unemployed were given jobs.

The state BJP president also wanted the BRS leader to clarify as to why he failed to keep his word of making a Dalit the chief minister.

He demanded that KCR also take a pledge to deny allegations of receiving kickbacks in Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project. He slammed the BRS leader for not implementing the schemes of the Central government.

Earlier, the MP took to Twitter to ridicule KCR’s national plans. “BRS of KCR has alcohol references. Dry gin manufactured in London is being sold under BRS brand. CBI officials may be shocked to see Kavitha’s house & next ED investigation shud also happen about this house. They don’t have money to do development but will steal lakhs of crores,” he tweeted.

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Delhi liquor policy case: TRS leader Kavitha’s name figures in ED’s remand report

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Delhi liquor policy case: TRS leader Kavitha’s name figures in ED’s remand report

The name of TRS leader K. Kavitha has surfaced in the remand report filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday for the remand of businessman Amit Arora in Delhi liquor policy scam.

Kavitha, a member of Telangana Legislative Council and daughter of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has been named as one of the members of ‘South Group’.

According to the remand report, businessman Vijay Nair, who has already been arrested in the case, received kickbacks of Rs 100 crore on behalf of AAP leaders from a group, called ‘South Group’.

The remand report says that the policy promoted cartel formations through back door awarded exorbitant wholesale (12 per cent) and huge retail (185 per cent) profit margins and incentivized other illegal activities on account of criminal conspiracy of leaders of AAP.

“The 12 per cent margin to the wholesalers was devised to extract half of it as a kickback to the AAP leaders. As per the investigation carried so far, Vijay Nair, on behalf of leaders of AAP has at least received kickbacks to the tune of Rs 100 crore from a group called South Group (controlled by Sarath Reddy, K. Kavitha, Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy) by various persons including Amit Arora. The same has been disclosed by the arrestee Amit Arora in his statements,” reads the report.

This is the first time that Kavitha’s name has figured in the investigation.

It was in August that BJP MP Parvesh Varma and former MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa had made allegations linking her to the scam.

On a defamation case filed by Kavitha, City Civil Court in Hyderabad, in an interim order, had directed the BJP leaders not to make any defamatory statements against Kavitha.

Kavitha had termed the allegations ‘completely baseless’. Stating that the BJP government has all agencies in their hands, she said they can do whatever investigations required and she would completely cooperate.

Kavitha had claimed that BJP was trying to tarnish the reputation of Chief Minister KCR’s family by making baseless allegations as he had been vocal in criticising policies of the BJP government.

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Vijayasai family members involved in Delhi liquor scam, says TDP

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Vijayasai family members involved in Delhi liquor scam, says TDP

TDP official spokesman, Moka Ananda Sagar on Saturday revealed that the family members of the YSRCP Rajya Sabha member, Vijayasai Reddy, have close connections with the Delhi liquor scam.

Talking to media persons at the party headquarters here, Ananda Sagar said that Vijayasai Reddy is involved in adulterated liquor sale in the name of his son-in-law. He said that not even a single distillery is in operation in the addresses mentioned in the name of Adaan Distilleries.

The total transactions of the Adaan Distilleries of Vijayasai Reddy has till now is a whopping Rs 5,000 cr, the TDP spokesman revealed. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has already come to a conclusion that of this Rs 5,000 cr, Rs 2,000 cr has been paid as Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) to the Trident Life Sciences, he said.

The CBI in its charge-sheet already mentioned that Trident Life Sciences is the fifth accused in the Delhi liquor scam and it invested crores of rupees in the Jagathi Publications, Ananda Sagar stated. The CBI in its investigation found the involvement of Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy’s wife, Bharathi, in the Delhi liquor scam, he said adding that the Trident Life Sciences is already facing charges in Jagan’s illegal assets case.

“This is a clear indication that the Delhi liquor scam case is revolving around Jagan Reddy and Vijayasai Reddy,” he said.

In the three-year rule of Jagan, the State has been witnessing lootings and atrocities. Whichever programme the Chief Minister takes up, there is some secret agenda behind it, he commented.

Jagan, who has come to power by promising total prohibition, is minting money through liquor sales after assuming office. At least 5,000 persons lost their valuable lives by consuming adulterated liquor and by banning the sale of foreign liquor brands, he observed.

Jagan wants to spend the whole amount that he has earned in this manner and wants to come back to power again. The TDP will not allow such scamsters and will fight till justice is done to the people of the State, he maintained.

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