Delhi Liquor Policy Case: ED Summons Telangana CM KCR's Daughter Kavitha Again On March 16

Earlier on March 8, Kavitha had arrived in Delhi after the ED summoned her for questioning.

BRS MLC K Kavitha arrives at the Enforcement Directorate office

Source : PTI

New Delhi: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter K Kavitha has been summoned by Enforcement Directorate (ED) again in alleged connection with Delhi excise policy money laundering case on March 16, news agency PTI reported.

Earlier on March 8, Kavitha had arrived in Delhi after the ED summoned her for questioning.

BRS leader KT Rama Rao on Friday also arrived at the residence of his father in the national capital.

Notably, the BRS slammed the Centre after the ED summoned Kavitha in connection with its ongoing probe in the liquor policy case and said that the central probe agencies have become an extended arm of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Referring to the summons as "politically motivated", BRS leader Ravula Sridhar Reddy had said that except ED and BJP, nobody understands the case registered in connection with the now-withdrawn Delhi excise policy.

In its investigation, ED has come to know that Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai is one of the key persons in the entire scam involving payments of huge kickbacks and the formation of the biggest cartel of the South Group, ANI reported.

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

It is to be noted Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia has also been arrested by ED in the same case.

The ED arrest came as another setback for Sisodia, who is seeking bail from the CBI court. Sisodia was arrested by CBI on February 26 and was sent to the agency's remand for five days. Sisodia was then again sent to the CBI's custody after the agency sought more time to confront Sisodia with critical witnesses in the case. He was then arrested by the ED in the money laundering case it registered in connection with the now-withdrawn excise policy.