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  • Delhi excise coverage case: BRS chief Kavitha questioned by ED for 9 hrs, summoned once more

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief Ok Kavitha deposed earlier than the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for 9 hours on Saturday in reference to a cash laundering case linked to alleged irregularities within the Delhi excise coverage, officers mentioned.

    The 44-year-old daughter of Telangana Chief Minister Ok Chandrashekar Rao left the federal company’s headquarters round 8 pm after 9 hours of questioning and recording of her assertion beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they mentioned.

    The officers mentioned the BRS chief has been summoned once more on March 16 in reference to the case.

    Kavitha had the headquarters of the Directorate on Saturday round 11.15 am to reply questions concerning her alleged position within the manipulation of  Liquor coverage to learn liquor merchants, together with her and the laundering of kickbacks generated following the tweaks within the coverage.

    There was a heavy presence of Delhi Police and central paramilitary forces personnel for barricading the ED workplace even because the supporters of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief staged a protest.

    #WATCH | Delhi: BRS MLC and Telangana CM’s daughter Ok Kavitha arrives at her residence after she was questioned by the ED officers associated to Delhi liquor coverage case. pic.twitter.com/8KQJ2l4ZOY

    — ANI (@ANI) March 11, 2023

    The BRS chief had skipped the March 9 summon, when the ED had known as her for questioning, citing her commitments to a political rally at Jantar Mantar looking for the introduction and passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill, by the ruling BJP-led authorities on the centre.

    The questioning of Kavitha coincides with the arrest of Delhi ex-Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Hyderabad-based businessman Arun R Pillar – at present in ED custody, who in accordance with the company are deeply concerned in tweaking the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 via a deliberate conspiracy to learn liquor merchants of the South Group of which Kavitha was half and siphoning the kickbacks out of the system.

    BRS MLC and Telangana CM Ok Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter, Ok Kavitha leaves for the ED workplace. (Photo | Shekar Yadav, EPS)

    The coverage which was allegedly tweaked and carried out by Sisodia because the Delhi excise minister led to large earnings for a liquor group known as South Group and resulted in income losses to the tune of round 2973 crores to the Delhi Government. The Excise coverage allegedly violated all provisions which have been supplied to safeguard the curiosity of the Delhi authorities and supply a good alternative to licensees and stakeholders the ED alleged.

    ALSO READ | Kavitha has no ethical proper to demand Women’s Bill: BJP

    Seeking the ex-Deputy CM’s remand, the ED on Friday mentioned Sisodia conspired with others to border a defective excise coverage with a purpose to generate kickbacks and proceeds of crime to the tune of greater than Rs 290 crore. The ED claimed that to tweak the coverage to permit windfall positive aspects to liquor merchants – violating a number of provisions of the Excise Policy to safeguard the Delhi exchequer’s curiosity – the AAM celebration via its media supervisor Vijay Nair had acquired Rs 100 crore “kickbacks” as advance from the ‘South Group’. A particular courtroom remanded Sisodia to ED custody until March 17.

    About Pillai, the ED alleged that the Hyderabad-based businessman who was the consultant of the South Group was allegedly concerned within the tweaking of the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 on the formulation stage – by collaborating with Vijay Nair – and was one of many beneficiaries of kickback cash which he laundered subsequently.  He is at present being interrogated in ED custody because the company secured his remand until March 13.

    According to the ED, Pillai was the 32.5 per cent proprietor of a entrance by which Kavitha had a considerable stake. He was the consultant of the ‘South Group’ of liquor merchants and was a direct beneficiary of the kickback cash and was additionally concerned in laundering it.

    ALSO READ | Kavitha’s present of energy forward of ED questioning

    The liquor merchants of the South Group embrace outstanding individuals and politicians together with Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, his son Raghav Magunta, Sharath Reddy of Aurobindo Pharma and Kavitha herself.

    Pillai, ED alleged, acquired the kickback cash amounting to a number of crores as a consequence of which the company has already hooked up a number of movable and immovable properties of Pillai and his spouse in Hyderabad and different locations price Rs. 5.72 crore as a part of its motion to recuperate the federal government cash which was allegedly generated as kickback and laundered within the Delhi Excise rip-off.

    (with inputs from PTI)

    NEW DELHI: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief Ok Kavitha deposed earlier than the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for 9 hours on Saturday in reference to a cash laundering case linked to alleged irregularities within the Delhi excise coverage, officers mentioned.

    The 44-year-old daughter of Telangana Chief Minister Ok Chandrashekar Rao left the federal company’s headquarters round 8 pm after 9 hours of questioning and recording of her assertion beneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), they mentioned.

    The officers mentioned the BRS chief has been summoned once more on March 16 in reference to the case.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Kavitha had the headquarters of the Directorate on Saturday round 11.15 am to reply questions concerning her alleged position within the manipulation of  Liquor coverage to learn liquor merchants, together with her and the laundering of kickbacks generated following the tweaks within the coverage.

    There was a heavy presence of Delhi Police and central paramilitary forces personnel for barricading the ED workplace even because the supporters of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief staged a protest.

    #WATCH | Delhi: BRS MLC and Telangana CM’s daughter Ok Kavitha arrives at her residence after she was questioned by the ED officers associated to Delhi liquor coverage case. pic.twitter.com/8KQJ2l4ZOY
    — ANI (@ANI) March 11, 2023
    The BRS chief had skipped the March 9 summon, when the ED had known as her for questioning, citing her commitments to a political rally at Jantar Mantar looking for the introduction and passage of the Women’s Reservation Bill, by the ruling BJP-led authorities on the centre.

    The questioning of Kavitha coincides with the arrest of Delhi ex-Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and Hyderabad-based businessman Arun R Pillar – at present in ED custody, who in accordance with the company are deeply concerned in tweaking the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 via a deliberate conspiracy to learn liquor merchants of the South Group of which Kavitha was half and siphoning the kickbacks out of the system.

    BRS MLC and Telangana CM Ok Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter, Ok Kavitha leaves for the ED workplace. (Photo | Shekar Yadav, EPS)

    The coverage which was allegedly tweaked and carried out by Sisodia because the Delhi excise minister led to large earnings for a liquor group known as South Group and resulted in income losses to the tune of round 2973 crores to the Delhi Government. The Excise coverage allegedly violated all provisions which have been supplied to safeguard the curiosity of the Delhi authorities and supply a good alternative to licensees and stakeholders the ED alleged.

    ALSO READ | Kavitha has no ethical proper to demand Women’s Bill: BJP

    Seeking the ex-Deputy CM’s remand, the ED on Friday mentioned Sisodia conspired with others to border a defective excise coverage with a purpose to generate kickbacks and proceeds of crime to the tune of greater than Rs 290 crore. The ED claimed that to tweak the coverage to permit windfall positive aspects to liquor merchants – violating a number of provisions of the Excise Policy to safeguard the Delhi exchequer’s curiosity – the AAM celebration via its media supervisor Vijay Nair had acquired Rs 100 crore “kickbacks” as advance from the ‘South Group’. A particular courtroom remanded Sisodia to ED custody until March 17.

    About Pillai, the ED alleged that the Hyderabad-based businessman who was the consultant of the South Group was allegedly concerned within the tweaking of the Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22 on the formulation stage – by collaborating with Vijay Nair – and was one of many beneficiaries of kickback cash which he laundered subsequently.  He is at present being interrogated in ED custody because the company secured his remand until March 13.

    According to the ED, Pillai was the 32.5 per cent proprietor of a entrance by which Kavitha had a considerable stake. He was the consultant of the ‘South Group’ of liquor merchants and was a direct beneficiary of the kickback cash and was additionally concerned in laundering it.

    ALSO READ | Kavitha’s present of energy forward of ED questioning

    The liquor merchants of the South Group embrace outstanding individuals and politicians together with Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, his son Raghav Magunta, Sharath Reddy of Aurobindo Pharma and Kavitha herself.

    Pillai, ED alleged, acquired the kickback cash amounting to a number of crores as a consequence of which the company has already hooked up a number of movable and immovable properties of Pillai and his spouse in Hyderabad and different locations price Rs. 5.72 crore as a part of its motion to recuperate the federal government cash which was allegedly generated as kickback and laundered within the Delhi Excise rip-off.

    (with inputs from PTI)

  • BRS chief Kavitha leads starvation strike demanding early passage of Women’s Reservation invoice 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: A day forward of her look earlier than the Enforcement Directorate within the Delhi liquor rip-off, BRS chief Okay Kavitha on Friday commenced a six-hour starvation strike looking for early passage of the long-pending Women’s Reservation Bill.

    CPI-M chief Sitaram Yechury inaugurated the strike programme at Jantar Mantar right here.

    Among the leaders current on the strike had been Samajwadi Party chief Seema Shukla, Telangana Education Minister Savita Indra Reddy in addition to state Women and Child Welfare Minister Sathyavathi Rathore.

    Sanjay Singh and Chitra Sarwara (AAP), Naresh Gujral (Akali Dal), Anjum Javed Mirza (PDP), Shami Firdous (NC), Sushmita Dev (TMC), KC Tyagi (JDU), Seema Malik (NCP), Narayana Okay (CPI), Shyam Rajak (RLD), Priyanka Chaturvedi (Shiva Sena) and ex-Congress chief Kapil Sibal have confirmed their participation.

    ALSO READ | BRS chief Kavitha calls Cong conceited, Jairam asks her to fret about ED as an alternative

    “Our party will extend support to Kavitha in this protest till the bill is passed. It is important to bring this bill to give equal opportunity to women in politics,” Yechury mentioned in his inaugural tackle.

    Kavitha mentioned, “If India needs to develop, women should play a key role in politics. For which, it is important to bring this bill which is pending for the last 27 years. This is just the beginning and the protest will continue across the country,” she added.

    The invoice, which seeks to order 33 per cent seats in Lok Sabha and all state legislative assemblies for ladies, was initially launched in Lok Sabha on September 12, 1996 by the United Front authorities.

    The Vajpayee authorities pushed for the invoice in Lok Sabha however it nonetheless wasn’t handed.

    ALSO READ | Kavitha enacting Women’s Bill drama to divert consideration: Bandi

    However, the UPA-I authorities, led by Congress, once more launched it in May 2008 and was handed within the Rajya Sabha however it was referred to a standing committee.

    In 2010, it was handed within the House and transmitted lastly to the Lok Sabha. However, the invoice lapsed with the fifteenth Lok Sabha. Since then, the invoice has been mendacity in chilly storage.

    Kavitha, the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister M Okay Chandrasekhar Rao, had on Thursday mentioned the invoice has been mendacity in chilly storage since 2010 and the Modi authorities has a historic alternative to get it handed in Parliament earlier than 2024.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised in each 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls that his authorities would convey this invoice and that it was additionally a part of the BJP’s election manifesto.

    None of the BJP leaders raised this difficulty and the Modi authorities has did not get this invoice handed in Parliament regardless of having a majority, she mentioned, and added, “This is a very saddening issue.”

    Kavitha had additionally mentioned the starvation strike was deliberate every week earlier than however the ED summoned her to depose earlier than it on March 9, only a day earlier than the deliberate agitation.

    The company agreed to her request to look on March 11 after the agitation.

    The BRS chief has been summoned by the ED in reference to a cash laundering case linked to alleged irregularities within the excise coverage.

    NEW DELHI: A day forward of her look earlier than the Enforcement Directorate within the Delhi liquor rip-off, BRS chief Okay Kavitha on Friday commenced a six-hour starvation strike looking for early passage of the long-pending Women’s Reservation Bill.

    CPI-M chief Sitaram Yechury inaugurated the strike programme at Jantar Mantar right here.

    Among the leaders current on the strike had been Samajwadi Party chief Seema Shukla, Telangana Education Minister Savita Indra Reddy in addition to state Women and Child Welfare Minister Sathyavathi Rathore.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Sanjay Singh and Chitra Sarwara (AAP), Naresh Gujral (Akali Dal), Anjum Javed Mirza (PDP), Shami Firdous (NC), Sushmita Dev (TMC), KC Tyagi (JDU), Seema Malik (NCP), Narayana Okay (CPI), Shyam Rajak (RLD), Priyanka Chaturvedi (Shiva Sena) and ex-Congress chief Kapil Sibal have confirmed their participation.

    ALSO READ | BRS chief Kavitha calls Cong conceited, Jairam asks her to fret about ED as an alternative

    “Our party will extend support to Kavitha in this protest till the bill is passed. It is important to bring this bill to give equal opportunity to women in politics,” Yechury mentioned in his inaugural tackle.

    Kavitha mentioned, “If India needs to develop, women should play a key role in politics. For which, it is important to bring this bill which is pending for the last 27 years. This is just the beginning and the protest will continue across the country,” she added.

    The invoice, which seeks to order 33 per cent seats in Lok Sabha and all state legislative assemblies for ladies, was initially launched in Lok Sabha on September 12, 1996 by the United Front authorities.

    The Vajpayee authorities pushed for the invoice in Lok Sabha however it nonetheless wasn’t handed.

    ALSO READ | Kavitha enacting Women’s Bill drama to divert consideration: Bandi

    However, the UPA-I authorities, led by Congress, once more launched it in May 2008 and was handed within the Rajya Sabha however it was referred to a standing committee.

    In 2010, it was handed within the House and transmitted lastly to the Lok Sabha. However, the invoice lapsed with the fifteenth Lok Sabha. Since then, the invoice has been mendacity in chilly storage.

    Kavitha, the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister M Okay Chandrasekhar Rao, had on Thursday mentioned the invoice has been mendacity in chilly storage since 2010 and the Modi authorities has a historic alternative to get it handed in Parliament earlier than 2024.

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised in each 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls that his authorities would convey this invoice and that it was additionally a part of the BJP’s election manifesto.

    None of the BJP leaders raised this difficulty and the Modi authorities has did not get this invoice handed in Parliament regardless of having a majority, she mentioned, and added, “This is a very saddening issue.”

    Kavitha had additionally mentioned the starvation strike was deliberate every week earlier than however the ED summoned her to depose earlier than it on March 9, only a day earlier than the deliberate agitation.

    The company agreed to her request to look on March 11 after the agitation.

    The BRS chief has been summoned by the ED in reference to a cash laundering case linked to alleged irregularities within the excise coverage.

  • Delhi liquor rip-off: ED questions Sisodia second time in Tihar

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Thursday started the second spherical of questioning of former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on the Tihar Jail right here in reference to its cash laundering probe into alleged irregularities within the Delhi excise coverage, officers stated.

    The federal probe company had recorded the assertion of the 51-year-old Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief for the primary time on March 7 for about 5 hours.

    Sisodia is presently lodged in judicial custody after the CBI arrested him on February 26 in reference to alleged corruption within the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi liquor or excise coverage for 2021-22.

    The ED obtained an area court docket’s permission to query the politician, who until lately was the deputy CM of Delhi, within the cell #1 of the jail.

    The company is predicted to query him concerning the alleged change and destruction of cellphones that have been in his possession and the coverage selections and the timeline adopted by him because the excise minister of Delhi.

    These fees have been made by it in its cost sheets filed earlier than the court docket.

    It is alleged that the Delhi authorities’s excise coverage for 2021-22 to grant licences to liquor merchants allowed cartelisation and favoured sure sellers, who had allegedly paid bribes for it, a cost strongly refuted by the AAP.

    The coverage was later scrapped and the Delhi LG really helpful a CBI probe following which the ED booked a case towards the identical accused underneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

    NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Thursday started the second spherical of questioning of former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on the Tihar Jail right here in reference to its cash laundering probe into alleged irregularities within the Delhi excise coverage, officers stated.

    The federal probe company had recorded the assertion of the 51-year-old Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief for the primary time on March 7 for about 5 hours.

    Sisodia is presently lodged in judicial custody after the CBI arrested him on February 26 in reference to alleged corruption within the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi liquor or excise coverage for 2021-22.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The ED obtained an area court docket’s permission to query the politician, who until lately was the deputy CM of Delhi, within the cell #1 of the jail.

    The company is predicted to query him concerning the alleged change and destruction of cellphones that have been in his possession and the coverage selections and the timeline adopted by him because the excise minister of Delhi.

    These fees have been made by it in its cost sheets filed earlier than the court docket.

    It is alleged that the Delhi authorities’s excise coverage for 2021-22 to grant licences to liquor merchants allowed cartelisation and favoured sure sellers, who had allegedly paid bribes for it, a cost strongly refuted by the AAP.

    The coverage was later scrapped and the Delhi LG really helpful a CBI probe following which the ED booked a case towards the identical accused underneath the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

  • AAP will protest in all of the districts of UP… Sanjay Singh, UP police alert on the arrest of Manish Sisodia

    Lucknow: The CBI has arrested Delhi’s Deputy CM Manish Sisodia after an 8-hour-long interrogation within the liquor rip-off case. At the identical time, the Aam Aadmi Party has focused. In this episode, Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh whereas attacking PM Modi stated that Modi is essentially the most corrupt Prime Minister of this nation who together with Adani bought the entire nation. Sanjay Singh has tweeted that there might be agitation towards dictatorship in all of the districts of UP.

    Sanjay Singh has written by tweeting that buddies, conflict has been introduced. Tomorrow there might be agitation towards Modi ji’s dictatorship in all of the districts of UP. There might be a protest towards the arrest of Manish Sisodia at 2 pm. Will battle and win. At the identical time, this tweet of Sanjay Singh has anxious the police and safety businesses. UP Police has additionally been alerted.

    Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann spoke after Sisodia’s arrest
    Arriving to satisfy Manish Sisodia’s household, Kejriwal stated that they’re placing sincere individuals in jail within the nation. Crores of looters are roaming freely. Sisodia is an honest man. He has improved the way forward for poor kids. At the identical time, Bhagwant Mann stated that Sisodia is a revolutionary schooling minister. The BJP has despatched the builder of the varsity to jail. This is a conspiracy to cease kids from getting schooling. We condemn his arrest. Whoever speaks towards them (BJP), they may do the identical to him. They will ship those that promote Delhi to jail. Aam Aadmi Party is a celebration that has come out of the motion, it isn’t afraid.

    Sisodia has performed liquor scam- BJP
    BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra stated in a press convention after the arrest of Manish Sisodia that there’s a liquor rip-off in Delhi. Aam Aadmi Party has promoted liquor. Sisodia has performed liquor rip-off. He has taken fee. The rip-off stinks of fee. We requested questions on liquor coverage a number of occasions. None answered our questions. Why is Arvind Kejriwal silent? The coverage was good, so why did the AAP authorities withdraw it?

  • Delhi Excise coverage: Enforcement Directorate seizes Rs 1 crore money after raids at 35 areas

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has seized about Rs 1 crore in money after raids performed in reference to a cash laundering investigation into the alleged irregularities within the now-scrapped Delhi excise coverage, official sources stated Saturday.

    The searches had been launched on Friday at about 35 areas in Delhi-NCR, Punjab and Telangana’s capital Hyderabad.

    About a crore money has been seized from a location in the course of the raids performed in opposition to liquor businessmen, distribution firms and linked entities, sources stated.

    Some digital gadgets and paperwork had been additionally seized, they stated with out disclosing the areas of all of the recoveries.

    Premises linked to a director of a Delhi-based TV information organisation, who can also be on the board of a Telugu day by day, a city-based businessman whose firm imports and distributes numerous alcoholic drinks and a former Punjab MLA had been additionally searched by ED officers, they stated.

    The federal company has performed greater than 103 raids on this case until now and final month arrested Sameer Mahandru, a liquor businessman and managing director of liquor manufacturing company-Indospirit.

    The cash laundering case stems from a CBI FIR that had named Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia as an accused amongst others.

    The scheme got here below the scanner after Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena advisable a CBI probe into the alleged irregularities within the implementation of Delhi’s Excise Policy 2021-22. He had additionally suspended 11 excise officers within the matter.

    The ED has questioned AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak and minister Satyendar Jain, who’s lodged in Tihar Jail, whereas the CBI questioned plenty of individuals and arrested businessman, Vijay Nair.

    The CBI inquiry was advisable on the findings of the Delhi chief secretary’s report filed in July exhibiting prima facie violations of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) Act 1991, Transaction of Business Rules (ToBR)-1993, Delhi Excise Act-2009, and Delhi Excise Rules-2010, officers stated.

    Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, whereas reacting to the ED raids on Friday stated tons of of raids by central businesses to search out proof in opposition to Sisodia yielded nothing as he did not do something improper.

    Time of tons of of sleuths of the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is being wasted for “dirty politics”, he stated.

    NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate has seized about Rs 1 crore in money after raids performed in reference to a cash laundering investigation into the alleged irregularities within the now-scrapped Delhi excise coverage, official sources stated Saturday.

    The searches had been launched on Friday at about 35 areas in Delhi-NCR, Punjab and Telangana’s capital Hyderabad.

    About a crore money has been seized from a location in the course of the raids performed in opposition to liquor businessmen, distribution firms and linked entities, sources stated.

    Some digital gadgets and paperwork had been additionally seized, they stated with out disclosing the areas of all of the recoveries.

    Premises linked to a director of a Delhi-based TV information organisation, who can also be on the board of a Telugu day by day, a city-based businessman whose firm imports and distributes numerous alcoholic drinks and a former Punjab MLA had been additionally searched by ED officers, they stated.

    The federal company has performed greater than 103 raids on this case until now and final month arrested Sameer Mahandru, a liquor businessman and managing director of liquor manufacturing company-Indospirit.

    The cash laundering case stems from a CBI FIR that had named Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia as an accused amongst others.

    The scheme got here below the scanner after Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena advisable a CBI probe into the alleged irregularities within the implementation of Delhi’s Excise Policy 2021-22. He had additionally suspended 11 excise officers within the matter.

    The ED has questioned AAP MLA Durgesh Pathak and minister Satyendar Jain, who’s lodged in Tihar Jail, whereas the CBI questioned plenty of individuals and arrested businessman, Vijay Nair.

    The CBI inquiry was advisable on the findings of the Delhi chief secretary’s report filed in July exhibiting prima facie violations of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) Act 1991, Transaction of Business Rules (ToBR)-1993, Delhi Excise Act-2009, and Delhi Excise Rules-2010, officers stated.

    Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, whereas reacting to the ED raids on Friday stated tons of of raids by central businesses to search out proof in opposition to Sisodia yielded nothing as he did not do something improper.

    Time of tons of of sleuths of the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is being wasted for “dirty politics”, he stated.