New Delhi. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told the special court that Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) leader K. Kavita had allegedly threatened Aurobindo Pharma promoter Sharat Chandra Reddy to give a sum of Rs 25 crore to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for 5 retail areas allotted to his company under the excise policy of the Delhi government. Let us tell you that in this matter the matter of meeting being held in Hotel Taj has come to light. The investigating agency has claimed that three persons linked to the alleged liquor scam case of Delhi are staying in Oberoi Hotel. The court has sent Kavita to CBI custody till April 15.
According to CBI, Kavitha had told Sharat Reddy that if he did not give money to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the national capital, his business in Telangana and Delhi would suffer. Reddy, the accused, has become a government witness in a money laundering case related to the alleged liquor scam in Delhi. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is investigating this matter. CBI has not yet filed any chargesheet against him. Seeking custodial interrogation of BRS leader Kavitha, CBI told Special Judge Kaveri Baweja that former Telangana Chief Minister K. On the insistence and assurance of Chandrashekhar Rao’s daughter Kavitha, Reddy joined the liquor business in Delhi.
Reference to contact in Delhi
Of. Kavitha had reportedly assured Sharat Reddy that she had contacts in the Delhi government and she would help him in liquor business in the national capital under the excise policy. However, this liquor policy has been repealed. CBI told the court on Friday, ‘K. Kavitha had told Sharat Chandra Reddy that to do liquor business, Aam Aadmi Party has to pay Rs 5 crore each for each retail area and the same amount has to be paid to his associates Arun R Pillai and Abhishek Boinpalli who in turn Will coordinate with Vijay Nair. Nair was the representative of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
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These 3 people stayed in Hotel Oberoi
According to the investigating agency, when the excise policy was being prepared in March and May 2021, Pillai, Boinpalli and Buchibabu Gorantla stayed at the Oberoi Hotel in Delhi to change the policy in their favor through Nair by adding some provisions. The CBI alleged that after receiving assurance of cooperation from Kavita, Aurobindo Reality and Infrastructure Private Limited had given Rs 80 lakh to the NGO Telangana Jagriti under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in March 2021. CBI said, ‘Investigation revealed that in June-July 2021, K. Kavitha forced Sharat Chandra Reddy to enter into a sale agreement with her for an agricultural land situated in Mahaboob Nagar, Telangana, even though he did not want to buy that land and did not even know the value of the land.
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CBI, quoting Sharath Reddy’s statement and its investigation, told the court that Kavita ‘insisted’ that Reddy pay Rs 14 crore in exchange for the land and hand it over to Mahira Ventures Pvt., one of the Aurobindo Group companies, in July 2021. ‘Forced’ to enter into sale agreement through Ltd. She said a total of Rs 14 crore was paid to Kavita through bank transactions – Rs 7 crore in July 2021 and Rs 7 crore in November 2021. The agency alleged that in November and December 2021, Kavitha asked Reddy to pay Rs 25 crore for the five retail zones allotted to him.
earlier claim
The BRS leader had claimed that he himself had paid an advance amount of Rs 100 crore to AAP through Nair on behalf of Reddy to get favorable provisions in the excise policy. Quoting Reddy’s statement, the agency alleged, ‘However, when Sharat Chandra Reddy refused to pay the money, K. Kavita had threatened to harm her business in Telangana and Delhi under the excise policy.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: April 13, 2024, 11:18 IST