Delhi excise policy scam case: Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned BRS MLC and daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, K Kavitha in Delhi liquor scam, information company ANI mentioned on Wednesday quoting sources.
She has been referred to as tomorrow, March 9 for questioning, it added.
The growth comes days after a Hyderabad-based Chartered Accountant named Butchibabu Gorantla -understood to be the ex-auditor of Kavitha- was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in reference to the identical case.
CBI knowledgeable in an announcement on Wednesday (February 8), that the accused CA has been arrested for his alleged position in formulating and implementing the Delhi Excise Policy and inflicting wrongful acquire to Hyderabad-based wholesale and retail licensees and their helpful house owners.
The accused can be produced within the court docket in the present day, CBI mentioned. The excise policy was handed in Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi Cabinet in the course of the lethal Delta COVID-19 pandemic in 2021.
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The Delhi authorities’s model is that the policy was formulated to make sure the era of optimum income, and eradicate the sale of spurious liquor or non-duty paid liquor in Delhi, apart from enhancing consumer expertise. The probe was executed after taking into consideration a report forwarded by the Chief Secretary to Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena recommending a CBI investigation into the matter.
Following L-G’s advice, the workplace of the Assistant Commissioner of Delhi Police’s Economic Offence Wing (EOW) issued a discover to Delhi’s Excise Commissioner asking him to supply all paperwork regarding the award of liquor licenses below the brand new excise policy.
Also, former Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia was arrested in reference to the alleged excise policy scam. Several raids have been additionally performed at a number of locations in Delhi and the National Capital Region together with the residence of Sisodia and the premises of 4 public servants final yr.
(With companies inputs)
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