NEW DELHI: Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter and MLC K Kavitha skipped the summons by the Enforcement Directorate here on Thursday and instead sent the documents the central agency wanted. The ED sources said it is unlikely to accept them as it wants to interrogate her on those papers.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ
She sent BRS general secretary Soma Bharath Kumar to the ED office to inform them about her decision. What the ED will do next is not yet clear.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ต๐ถ ๐น๐ถ๐พ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ
Kavitha was summoned by the probe agency for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the Delhi liquor policy case today, but had earlier approached the Supreme Court for an urgent hearing claiming that as a woman, she cannot be summoned to the ED office, and the probe agency's representatives must visit her instead. She conveyed to the ED that the matter is pending in the Supreme Court.
Kavitha's lawyer had sought an urgent hearing, claiming her being called to the ED office is "completely against the law". She hasn't been named as an accused by either the CBI or the ED.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ญ, ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐บ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐
A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha had agreed to hear her request on March 24. Kavitha (44) was questioned for hours by the Enforcement Directorate in the same case on March 11 as well. She was summoned for the third time today.
The BRS leader has alleged that she was summoned by the probe agency on the basis of statements made under threat and coercion.
Hyderabad-based liquor businessman Arun Ramchandra Pillai, who was arrested in connection with the liquor policy case on Monday night, and Hyderabad-based chartered accountant Butchibabu Gorantla, Ms Kavitha's former auditor, were also questioned in the case yesterday. The investigators have linked Ms Kavitha with both of them, calling them part of the "south group".
๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฆ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ท๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐
Notably, former Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia, accused of favouring a "south group" while framing the Delhi excise policy, has been arrested by ED in the same case. His bail request in the CBI case is scheduled to be heard in a special court on March 21.
