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KCR's daughter Kavitha to be questioned by ED in Delhi liquor case tomorrow
The fresh date for questioning comes as Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Pillai has been arrested. In the remand report of Arun Pillai, the ED said he was a benami of Kavitha in the Delhi liquor case.
Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao's daughter MLC K Kavitha has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate for questioning on Thursday in connection with the Delhi excise policy money laundering probe. The fresh date for questioning comes as Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Pillai has been arrested. In the remand report of Arun Pillai, the ED said he was a benami of Kavitha in the Delhi liquor case. Kavitha named in the liquor case as part of the south group that allegedly paid ₹100 crore to the Aam Aadmi Party has been questioned by the CBI in connection with the case.
The arrest of former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia in the liquor scam has snowballed into a political fight with several opposition leaders writing to PM Modi protesting the arrest. KCR has also signed the letter along with Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal, Bhagwant Mann, Tejashwi Yadav, Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray etc.
Regarding businessman Pillai, the ED said the 'south group' which had Kavitha and YSR MP Srinivasilu Reddy, was represented by Arun Pillai, Abhishek Boinpally and Butchi Babu. Pillai "conspired with other persons and actively connived in cartel formation and was an accomplice in the kickbacks from the south group to the tune of ₹100 crore to the AAP, and by such acts, proceeds of crime of at least 296.2 crore has been generated", the ED alleged.
