published by, Saurabh Verma
Last Update: March 11, 2023, 21:15 IST
Officials said the BRS leader has been summoned again on March 16 in connection with the matter. (Photo: PTI)
The 44-year-old daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao left the federal agency’s headquarters at APJ Abdul Kalam Road around 8 pm after nine hours of questioning and recording of her statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
BRS leader Kavita appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday for nine hours in connection with a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in the Delhi Excise Policy, officials said.
The 44-year-old daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao left the federal agency’s headquarters at APJ Abdul Kalam Road around 8 pm after being interrogated for nine hours and recording her statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), he said. ,
She had reached the ED office at around 11 am from her father’s official residence on Tughlaq Road, about one and a half kilometers away.
Officials said the BRS leader has been summoned again on March 16 in connection with the matter.
There was a heavy presence of Delhi Police and central paramilitary forces personnel for the barricading of the ED office, even as supporters of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader staged a protest.
It has been alleged that the Delhi government’s excise policy for 2021-22 for granting licenses to liquor traders allowed cartelization and favored some dealers, who allegedly paid bribes for this, an allegation by the ruling AAP. vehemently denied.
The policy was later scrapped and the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi recommended a CBI probe, following which the ED registered a case under the PMLA.
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