‘Truth will prevail’ : Kavitha on ED naming her in chargesheet

Hyderabad, Dec 21 (Bureau) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter K Kavitha on Wednesday, reacting to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) mentioning her name in the first chargesheet filed in the Delhi Court few days ago in the liquor scam case said, ‘Truth will prevail.The ED mentioned in the chargesheet accusing Kavitha of allegedly holding 65 per cent stake in a liquor company. “The accusations on me are completely bogus and false. Only time will prove my sincerity.It’s a political vendetta of BJP, as they fear BRS Party Chief CM KCR ji’s expose on their anti-farmer & pro-capitalist policies,” Kavitha tweeted. The BRS MLC was reacting to Congress MP and AICC incharge of Telangana Manickam Tagore’s tweet that Lot explanations @RaoKavitha Garu.Kavitha also reacted to another tweet by BJP leader Rajagopal Reddy. “Liquor Queen’s name was mentioned 28 times in the chargesheet,” referring to a newspaper report. She said ‘Rajagopal Anna… Don’t rush, don’t slip the word’ !!‘28 times even if my name is mentioned 28 thousand times even if you say my name A lie is not true..TruthWillPrevail’.In the ED chargesheet, the names of South Group comprising Kavitha, Aurobindo Pharma Director Sharat Chandra Reddy, YSR Congress MP Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy his son Raghava Reddy have figured and they allegedly paid kickbacks of Rs 100 crore to Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP to gain control over the liquor business in the National Capital.

Businessman Vijay Nair, who had already been arrested in the case, received kickbacks of Rs 100 crore on behalf of AAP leaders from leaders of South Group, the ED said. On December 11, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioned Kavitha for seven hours at her Banjara Hills residence here in connection with Delhi excise policy case.It recorded her statement under Section 160 of the Criminal Procedure Code.On November 30, Kavitha’s name surfaced in the remand report submitted by the ED in a Delhi court following the arrest of one of the accused in the case and Businessman Amit Arora. The ED said that Kavitha changed her phone’s International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) six times after the case was handed over to the agency. Furthermore, the agency said the accused destroyed digital evidence in an attempt to hamper the ongoing investigation into the matter. The ED claimed that extensive digital evidence was destroyed on purpose to stymie the investigation. “As many as 36 suspects/accused involved in the case have destroyed their 176 cell phones and laptops after the case was handed over to the agency. The ED has been able to retrieve data from 17 out of 170 cell phones. The officials of the law enforcement agency also found the mobile phones destroyed by Kavitha, Srujan Reddy, Arun Pillai, Abhishek Boinapally, Butchi Babu Gorantla, and Sharath Reddy,” and this was stated in its remand report.The accused Amit Arora, according to the ED officials, was instrumental in the case related to Delhi Liquor Scam by engaging in unfair business practices to gain an undue advantage.