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New Delhi: ED has arrested BRS leader K in connection with the investigation of money laundering case related to Delhi Excise Policy. Kavita has been summoned for a new round of questioning. Giving information about this on Monday, official sources said that former Chief Minister of Telangana K. Chandrashekhar Rao’s 45-year-old daughter Kavita has been asked to appear before the investigating agency in Delhi on Tuesday. However, there are doubts about his appearing before the agency and he has informed the investigating officer about his decision through an email.
‘ED cannot summon Kavita’
Kavita’s lawyer Nitesh Rana said, ‘There is an order of the Supreme Court in which it has been said that ED will investigate K. Can’t summon poetry. ED sources said the BRS leader had got temporary relief from the Supreme Court last year which is no longer valid. Kavita has been interrogated thrice in this case last year and the central agency had also recorded her statement under PMLA. BRS MLC Kavita has said that she has done nothing wrong and alleged that the BJP-led central government is ‘using’ the ED.
‘Given bribe of Rs 100 crore to AAP’
ED has issued the fourth summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the same case and asked him to appear on January 18. According to reports, the last time Kavita appeared before the ED, she was confronted with the statements of Hyderabad-based businessman and accused in the case, Arun Ramachandran Pillai, who reportedly has close relations with her. According to the ED, Pillai represented ‘South Group’, an alleged liquor cartel linked to Kavitha and others, which had almost bribed AAP to get a larger share in the market under the now-expired Delhi Excise Policy for 2020-21. A bribe of Rs 100 crore was given.
Many other big names involved in the case
According to the ED, the ‘South Group’ includes Sarath Reddy (former promoter of Aurobindo Pharma), Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy (YSR Congress MP from Ongole Lok Sabha seat in Andhra Pradesh), his son Raghava Magunta, Kavitha and others. The ED also alleged in Pillai’s custody papers that he represented Kavitha’s ‘benami investments’ in the case. Kavita was interrogated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in this case. The ED case of money laundering was registered taking cognizance of the CBI FIR.
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