ED on Tuesday summoned BRS leader Kavita for questioning in Delhi excise policy case.

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned BRS leader K Kavitha for a fresh round of questioning in connection with its probe into a money laundering case related to Delhi Excise policy, official sources said on Monday.

He said that the 45-year-old daughter of former Telangana CM K. Chandrashekhar Rao has been asked to appear before the agency in Delhi on Tuesday.

However, sources said she may not appear before the agency and has conveyed her decision to the investigating officer through an email.

Her lawyer Nitesh Rana told PTI, “There is an order of the Supreme Court which says that the ED cannot summon K Kavita in this case.”

ED sources said that the BRS leader had got temporary relief from the Supreme Court last year which is no longer valid.

Last year, he was questioned thrice in the case and the central agency recorded his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC has in the past said he has done nothing wrong and alleged that the BJP-led Center is “using” the ED as the saffron party gains “backdoor entry” into Telangana. Can’t do it.

The ED has issued a fourth summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the case and asked him to appear before it on January 18.

The last time Kavitha appeared before the ED, she was understood to have been confronted with statements from Hyderabad-based businessman and accused in the case, Arun Ramachandran Pillai, who reportedly has close links with her, besides some others involved in the case. With people too. Case.

The ED had said that Pillai represented “South Group”, an alleged liquor cartel linked to Kavitha and others, which had paid bribes of around Rs 100 crore to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to gain a larger share in the market. . National Capital under the now defunct Delhi Excise Policy for 2020-21.

According to the ED, the “South Group” includes Sarath Reddy (former promoter of Aurobindo Pharma), Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy (YSR Congress MP from Ongole Lok Sabha seat in Andhra Pradesh), his son Raghava Magunta, Kavitha and others.

The ED also alleged in Pillai’s remand papers that he “represented benami investments” of Kavitha in the case.

Kavita was interrogated by CBI in this case. The ED case of money laundering was registered taking cognizance of the CBI FIR.

(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)