The ED claimed that K Kavita was part of a group that bribed AAP leaders.
New Delhi/Hyderabad:
Kavitha, daughter of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and Telangana MLA, was on Wednesday named by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a court filing on its probe into the now-cancelled Delhi Liquor Policy.
Citing the statements of Amit Arora, an arrested Gurugram-based businessman, the central agency claimed that Ms. Kavita was a key member of the “South Group” which, through another arrested businessman, had collaborated with Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). At least Rs 100 crore was paid to the leaders. Vijay Nair.
“As per the investigation conducted so far, Shri Vijay Nair has received a bribe of at least Rs 100 crore from a group called South Group (controlled by Shri Sarath Reddy, Ms K Kavitha) on behalf of AAP leaders. ED Said Mr. Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy) by various persons including Amit Arora. The arrested Mr. Amit Arora has disclosed the same in his statements.
K Kavitha or her party Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) is yet to comment on the allegation.
The agency made these claims while seeking remand from a local court after the arrest of Amit Arora, director of liquor company Buddy Retail Pvt Ltd, on Tuesday night. He was later sent to ED custody till December 7 by the court.
In its filing, the agency also claimed that AAP leaders, some of whom are part of the government, considered Delhi’s excise policy a “tool” to generate illegal money at the cost of the state exchequer.
It said that at least 36 accused, including Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and PA to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, ‘destroyed’ or used 170 phones to hide evidence of bribes worth thousands of crores in the alleged scam.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Mr. Sisodia and the AAP have rejected allegations of impropriety and called the allegations a vendetta by the BJP, which controls the government and agencies such as the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Is.
The BJP is also at war with Telangana Chief Minister KCR, who has launched an all-out attack on the party as he prepares to enter national politics.
The remand report states that Delhi’s liquor policy was allegedly intended to prevent cartelization and encourage fair trade practices, but allegedly promoted cartelization through a backdoor.
This allegedly provided exorbitant wholesale and huge retail profit margins and encouraged illegal activities. The 12 per cent profit margin to wholesalers was allegedly designed to extract half of it as bribe to AAP leaders.
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