BRS leader K Kavitha summoned by CBI in Delhi liquor scam case

Officials said BRS leader K Kavitha has been asked to appear before the investigation team at the CBI headquarters in New Delhi on Monday.

MLC K Kavitha addresses the media at a press conference in Hyderabad. (File photo: ANI)

New Delhi: The CBI has summoned the daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and BRS legislator K Kavitha in connection with the excise tax scam case in Delhi next week, officials said on Wednesday.

They said Kavitha has been asked to appear before the investigation team at the CBI headquarters on Monday.

The agency had earlier recorded her statement at her residence in Hyderabad in December 2022, they said.

The Enforcement Directorate has alleged that one of the accused in the Vijay Nair case received kickbacks worth at least Rs 100 crore from a group called South Group (controlled by Sarath Reddy, Kavitha and Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy) on behalf of AAP leaders.

The CBI, which has so far filed three chargesheets against a number of accused including former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, has alleged that bribes of around Rs 90-100 crore were paid in advance to some politicians of the ruling AAP in Delhi and other public institutions. operated by some persons in the liquor business from South India through co-accused Nair, Abhishek Boinpally and Dinesh Arora.

The agency has alleged that these kickbacks were then returned to them from the profit margins of wholesalers holding L-1 licenses through various forms such as the issuance of excess credit notes, bank transfers and outstanding amounts remaining on the bank's accounts. companies controlled by some conspirators of the “South Lobby”.

The CBI has alleged that a cartel has been formed between three constituents of the policy – liquor manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers – by violating provisions and against the spirit of the policy.

All conspirators are alleged to have played an active role in achieving the illegal objectives of this criminal conspiracy.

It resulted in huge losses to the exchequer and unnecessary monetary benefits to the officials and other accused involved in the conspiracy, the CBI has alleged.

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