Okay Kavitha, daughter of Telangana Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao, will likely be questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) within the Delhi liquor coverage case on March 10.
The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief was questioned by the CBI in Hyderabad for over seven hours on December 12 in reference to the case.
The enforcement directorate is investigating cash laundering allegations linked to the liquor coverage case.
Ms Kavitha’s summons comes a day after a Delhi courtroom despatched Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai to ED custody until March 13 and liquor baron Amandeep Dhall to judicial custody until March 21.
The Enforcement Directorate has alleged that Ms Kavitha is a part of the “South Cartel” that benefited from kickbacks within the Delhi liquor coverage case.
The delhi liquor coverage, launched in November 2021, was withdrawn final 12 months by the Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) authorities after a CBI probe was ordered by Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena, a consultant of the BJP-led authorities on the centre.
The ED and the CBI have each alleged that a number of irregularities had been dedicated whereas modifying the liquor coverage with kickbacks from the “South Cartel” foyer.
The group allegedly comprised Ms Kavitha, Magunta Srinivasalu Reddy, an MP from Andhra Pradesh’s ruling YSR Congress, and Sarath Reddy of Aurobindo Pharma.
Responding strongly to the allegations, the BRS chief had mentioned in December final 12 months, “Fact will prevail.”
“The accusations in opposition to me are fully bogus and false. Solely time will show my sincerity. It is a political vendetta of BJP, as they worry BRS Occasion Chief CM KCR’s exposing their anti-farmer and pro-capitalist insurance policies,” she mentioned.
AAP chief and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, one other accused within the case, has been lodged at Tihar jail after a CBI courtroom remanded him to 14-day judicial custody until March 20.
