The company has alleged Pillai “represented the south team,” an alleged liquor cartel related to Aurobindo Pharma promoter Sarath Reddy, YSRCP Ongole MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy and Kalvakuntla, amongst others. ED has alleged Pillai represented the ‘benami investments’ of Kalvakuntla within the case. Her observation will likely be recorded below provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The Central Bureau of Investigation had wondered her in reference to the case for over seven hours at her Hyderabad place of dwelling remaining December. ED had previous named Kalvakuntla, daughter of Telangana leader minister Ok Chandrashekar Rao, in a remand paper whilst in search of custodial interrogation of businessman Amit Arora, when he was once arrested remaining November below PMLA. Arora, director of Gurugram-based Friend Retail, is allegedly an affiliate of ex-Delhi deputy leader minister Manish Sisodia. Kalvakuntla has denied the allegations in opposition to her. In the meantime, ED has arrested Sisodia, after he was once wondered on Thursday in Tihar prison, the place he has lodged even after CBI ended its spherical of interrogation. CBI had arrested Sisodia on February 26.
ED had wondered Sisodia previous this week within the prison for over 5 hours. It’ll on Friday search court docket permission for his custodial interrogation. Folks quoted previous stated that ED’s focal point was once at the ‘higher conspiracy’ and the ‘money path’. Sisodia has many times denied the accusations in opposition to him. ED had booked Sisodia and 15 others remaining August on fees of corruption, felony conspiracy, falsification of accounts and undue merit in reference to the liquor coverage. CBI had additionally registered an FIR in opposition to 10 folks, and their mates, who got licences to promote liquor following a reference from the Union house ministry which sought a probe into ‘irregularities’ within the Delhi excise coverage.
