Delhi excise policy: BRS leader Kavitha appears before ED for questioning in money laundering case

The Enforecement Directorate had summoned BRS leader Kavitha today for second round of questioning in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K. Kavitha on March 20 appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in New Delhi for the second round of questioning in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case, officials said.

Dressed in a green saree, Ms. Kavitha entered the ED headquarters in central Delhi around 10:30 a.m.

The 44-year-old MLC daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao was first questioned in the case on March 11 following which she was summoned again on March 16. Ms. Kavitha, however, skipped the deposition last week citing her pending plea before the Supreme Court for relief against the ED action in the case.

The federal probe agency rejected her claims and asked her to depose on March 20. The apex court has decided to hear her petition on March 24.

During the nine hours she spent at the ED office on March 11, Ms. Kavitha is understood to have been confronted with the statements made by Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandran Pillai, an arrested accused in the case who allegedly shares close ties with her, apart from those of few others involved in the case.

The BRS leader’s statement was recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Mr. Pillai will also be produced before the court on March 20 as his ED custody expires.