HYDERABAD:
Enforcement Directorate
on Saturday searched the Hyderabad homes of close relatives of Anil Kumar,
K Kavitha
's husband, as part of their investigations into the alleged
Delhi excise policy scam
. This included Anil Kumar's sister Akhila and her son-in-law Meka Sricharan who live in Madhapur.
An ED official said, "During
Kavitha
's interrogation, we found that Sricharan may have key information regarding money movement.
We have conducted searches at two places in Hyderabad." Officials, however, did not give details of what they found during the searches. In Delhi CM
Arvind Kejriwal
's remand application, ED mentioned Kavitha's name multiple times.
‘Kavitha asked if I can arrange Rs 50 crore’
Former
YSRC MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy
, in his statement to ED, said, "We thought we can do
liquor business
in Delhi and to know more from govt, I asked for time to meet Arvind Kejriwal. When I met him, he was cordial and said that we welcome everyone in capital Delhi to do business."
He also said Kejriwal had told him earlier that Kavitha had already approached him to do liquor business in Delhi and offered to pay Rs 100 crore to
AAP
. Kejriwal added Kavitha would call him. “Later, I got a call on 19 March 2021 from Kavitha asking me to meet her,” he added. “The next day, I met her, she has told me that Kejriwal has spoken to her since I have got much experience in the liquor business.”
Magunta claims Kavitha asked him if he could arrange ₹50 crore and that he asked his son Raghav to deal with her. “After some time, my son Raghav informed that he agreed to pay ₹30 crore. Later I came to know from my son that he had paid ₹25 crore to her people, namely Buchi Babu and Abhishek Boinpalli.”
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