ED names Telangana CM's daughter as key person in Delhi liquor case, claims she was controlling south group
In the 32 pages report, ED has named Kavitha as one of the key persons involved in the money laundering probe attached to the case. As per that group, the South group is being controlled by the Telangana CM"s daughter and Sharath Reddy of Aurobindo Pharma and Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy.
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New Delhi, December 01: The Bharat Rashtra Samithi's (Previous Telangana Rashtra Samithi's) leader and daughter of the Telangana CM, Kavitha have landed in big trouble, as the Enforcement Directorate has named her in the remand report on the Delhi liquor scam. This is the first time that Kavitha's name has figured in the investigation.
In the 32 pages report, ED has named Kavitha as one of the key persons involved in the money laundering probe attached to the case. As per that group, the South group is being controlled by the Telangana CM's daughter and Sharath Reddy of Aurobindo Pharma and Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy.
And Kavitha was responsible for supplying as much as Rs 100 crores to the Aam Aadmi Party-led-Delhi government during the rollout of the liquor excise policy.
Further, the report stated that Kavitha had changed her mobile phone six times in 2021 and 2022. The ED also alleged that large-scale destruction of digital evidence was also carried out. The report read, “As per the investigation carried out so far, accused Vijay Nair, on behalf of AAP leaders, received kickbacks to the tune of Rs 100 crore from the South Cartel group.”
The remand report says that the policy promoted cartel formations through the back door awarded exorbitant wholesale (12 per cent) and huge retail (185 per cent) profit margins and incentivized other illegal activities on account of the criminal conspiracy of leaders of AAP.
Reacting to the development, the Kavitha alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is using central agencies to attack opposition parties, saying that BJP is trying to topple the TRS government in Telangana.
She said, "Same thing is happening in Telangana as we've elections next year ED has arrived before PM Modi in the state. We've welcomed them and will be cooperating with them. Still, BJP is playing cheap tricks."