Delhi excise police case: Hours after being arrested in reference to the alleged Delhi excise policy-linked cash laundering case, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha was dropped at the workplace of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in the nationwide capital on Saturday (March 16).
Kavitha, the daughter of BRS founder and former Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao, was arrested after a day-long questioning adopted by a raid at her Hyderabad residence. She could be produced earlier than a particular court docket in Delhi right this moment, presumably in the afternoon.
As per reviews, ED recovered round five mobile phones from K Kavitha’s house throughout the search. Statement of a witness who was current on the spot mentioned that ED confirmed the search warrant however Kavita didn’t enable them for the investigation. After a while, the search operation was began.
ED’s search operation at K Kavitha’s house started yesterday at round 1:45 pm and it continued until round 6:45 pm on Friday.
What was talked about in the arrest order?
In the arrest order, the ED investigation officer mentioned, “I believe that Smt. Kalvakuntla Kavitha w/o Mr. D R Anil Kumar, residing at H. No. 8-2316/S/H, Road No 14, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telengana-500034 has been guilty of an offence punishable under the provision of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (15 of 2003).”
“Now, therefore, in exercise of the power conferred upon me under sub section (1) of section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (915 of 2003), I hereby arrest the said Smt. Kalvakuntla Kavitha at 05.20 pm on 15.03.2024 and she has been informed of grounds for arrest. A copy of the grounds of arrest (containing 14 pages) have been served upon her,” the officer added.
The motion comes virtually two months after the ED issued summons to the 45-year-old BRS MLC. She was questioned thrice in this case final yr, with the central company recording her assertion beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The BRS leader claimed earlier that she did nothing improper and alleged that the BJP on the Centre was “using” the ED because it couldn’t achieve a “backdoor entry” into Telangana.
CBI probe in cash laundering case
Earlier, the CBI additionally questioned Kavitha in reference to the cash laundering case. The ED case was filed after taking cognisance of the CBI’s FIR.
According to ED, Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai, who was arrested final yr in the case, “is one of the key persons in the entire scam involving payments of huge kickbacks and formation of the biggest cartel of the South Group”. “South Group” contains Telangana MLC Kavitha, Sarath Reddy (promoter of Aurobindo Group), Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy (MP, Ongole), his son Raghav Magunta, and others, the probe mentioned. The South Group was being represented by Pillai, Abhishek Boinpalli and Butchi Babu, the federal company mentioned throughout its investigation.
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