CBI cites ED to nail Kavitha

K Venkateshwarlu
Hyderabad

The Rouse Avenue court in Delhi approved the first charge-sheet filed by the CBI in the Delhi liquor scam case on Thursday.Following that, it issued summons to all the accused (Vijay Nair, Abhishek Boinapalli, Arun R. Pillai, Mutha Gautham, Sameer Mahendru, Kuldeep Singh, Narender Singh). They were ordered to appear on January 3.

As per the charge-sheet, liquor producers from the southern region drew up a plan to take over the Delhi liquor business. The CBI referred to Enforcement Directorate (ED) mentioning in Amit Arora’s remand report that MLC Kavitha, Sarath Chandra Reddy and Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy controlled the South Group set up by them. The South group conspired to change Delhi’s liquor policy to their advantage.

Abhishek Boinpally conducted this case on behalf of the liquor producers from the southern region, according to the CBI charge-sheet. The charge sheet said that Abhishek Boinapally had moved around Rs 30 crore cash through the hawala route.

The entire amount was given to Vijay Nair by Dinesh Arora between July and September 2021 as advance. The CBI explained that in order to influence the heads of the Delhi government, there was a conspiracy to get 12 per cent of the profits to wholesalers, of which six per cent would be returned to Abhishek Boinpally.

According to the charge-sheet, Rs 4,756 crore was received by Ramachandran Pillai through bank accounts from Ramachandran Pillai and Rs 3.85 crore was transferred from his account to Abhishek Boinpally.

Moreover, it has been clarified that some money has been transferred to media houses belonging to Gautham. The CBI charge sheet says that all the seven accused (Vijay Nair, Abhishek Boinapalli, Arun R. Pillai, Mooth Gautam, Sameer Mahendru, Kuldeep Singh, Narender Singh) were involved in the criminal conspiracy.

It has been revealed that some public servants committed these irregularities along with other organisations. The CBI included elements of conspiracy to achieve unlawful objectives in the charge-sheet. The special CBI court said that investigating agencies have also collected relevant oral and documentary evidence.

It was revealed in the charge-sheet that an investigation is going on against those named in the FIR and also those who have not been named.