The ED had claimed that he’s an in depth aide of BRS MLC and Telangana Leader Minister Ok Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter Ok Kavitha and an alleged frontman of the liquor cartel – “South Staff” – that paid kickbacks amounting to about Rs 100 crore to the Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP) to achieve a bigger proportion of the marketplace within the nationwide capital underneath the now-scrapped Delhi excise coverage for 2020-21.
Particular Pass judgement on M Ok Nagpal has issued a realize to the ED at the utility through Pillai and directed the company to document its answer through March 13.
Within the utility moved ahead of the court docket on Friday, Pillai’s legal professional sought to retract the statements reportedly recorded ahead of the company.
The accused claimed that ED pressured him to signal two paperwork and offered them as his statements, together with one in November 2022.
Pillai was once arrested through the ED on March 6 and produced ahead of the court docket the following day. The court docket then despatched him to ED custody which ends up on March 13.
The company stated Pillai was once an in depth affiliate of Kavita, who deposed ahead of the company on Saturday. The ED alleged that Pillai represented the “South Staff” in conferences with different accused when the coverage was once being formulated and applied.
The excise coverage was once scrapped in August ultimate 12 months and the Delhi lieutenant governor due to this fact requested the CBI to probe the alleged irregularities and corruption involving executive government, bureaucrats and liquor investors, amongst others.
