Delhi Excise Policy Case: Hyderabad businessman Arun Ramachandra Pillai arrested in money laundering case related to Delhi’s alleged excise scam has moved a city court accusing the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of distorting his statement in the case. The ED claimed that she was the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and member of the Legislative Council K. Represents South Group, an alleged liquor cartel linked to Kavita and others. The ED also claimed that the Hyderabad-based businessman had acquired 146 from South Group. ) colluded to deliver the bribe of Rs.10 crore to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi. ,15 Directed to file reply by March Special Justice M.K. Nagpal issues notice to ED on Arun Pillai’s application and the agency directed to file its reply by March. Arun Pillai’s counsel, in an application filed before the court, requested to reject the statement allegedly recorded before the agency. The accused claimed that the ED forced him to sign two documents and produced these documents as his statement.

Pillai Kavitha’s close associate Arun Pillai was arrested by the ED on March 6 and produced in the court the next day. After this the court sent him to the custody of ED which 15 Expires on March. The agency said that Pillai was a close aide of Kavitha, who appeared before the agency. The ED alleged that Pillai along with other accused represented the South Group in meetings when the policy was being formulated and implemented.

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Sat, Mar 11, 2023, 8: 37 PM IST