People Arrested In Delhi Excise Policy Case Did Liquor Business, Looted Money: Union Minister Kishan Reddy

He also said that the Opposition leaders should write letters to people who were involved in the case before writing to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi

After Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested a Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramachandran Pillai on Tuesday in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy alleged that people who have been arrested in the case did liquor business and looted money.

He also said that the Opposition leaders should write letters to people who were involved in the case before writing to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "Those who have been arrested did liquor business, made new policy and looted the money. CBI did an inquiry they were found committing a wrongful act. Why were so many phones destroyed? Can't opposition leaders understand this, they should write a letter to them before writing it to PM Modi," Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said as quoted by news agency ANI.

Nine opposition leaders wrote to PM Modi calling Sisodia's arrest a "political vendetta". Reports surfaced that ED alleged then AAP leader Manish Sisodia have changed phones and destroyed evidence.  

Earlier on Tuesday, ED arrested Arun Pillai, who has allegedly worked with BRS MLC and Telangana CM's daughter K Kavitha, in connection with the Delhi liquor scam case. Delhi court sent Arun Pillai to ED remand till March 13, in connection with its ongoing probe in the Delhi excise policy case.

As reported earlier, the ED had filed a remand report in which Kavitha's name surfaced. The BRS leader was questioned by the probe agency on December 11, 2022, at her residence in Hyderabad.

As reported earlier, after being interrogated by CBI for nearly seven hours, Kavitha said that the allegations against her in the Delhi liquor scam case are "bogus and false". The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader termed the allegations against her a "political vendetta" of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and claimed that time will prove her sincerity. The CBI on November 25 filed its first charge sheet in the case against seven accused.

According to the ED, the South Group comprising Kavitha, Aurobindo Pharma director Sharat Chandra Reddy and YSR Congress MP Magunta Srinivasula Reddy paid kickbacks of Rs 100 crore to Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP to gain control over the liquor business in the national capital.