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New Delhi: A Rs 100 crore offer at the Delhi chief ministers office in the secretariat, the transfer of bags of cash totalling Rs 25 crore by the South Group, and phone chats with assurances of tweaking the now-scrapped liquor policy for illegal benefitsthese claims led to the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the 2021-22 excise policy case.. Kejriwal was arrested Thursday after hours of questioning at his residence and taken to the ED headquarters..
Finally, Rs 25 crore was paid in cash to Abhishek Boinpalli (a businessman) and Buchi on instructions of Kavitha, the ED source said.. Kejriwal was aware of how undue favours were being extended to the licensees like waivers and reduction in the license fee, and the extension of the L-1 license (granted to business entities having wholesale distribution experience in liquor trade) in exchange for kickbacks, according to the ED...
The source further said accused-turned-approver Aurobindo Pharma director Sarath Reddy told the agency that in March 2021, Arun Pillai, an associate of Kavitha, contacted him and informed him that there was a new business opportunity in the Delhi liquor business and Kavitha was in discussion with Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia...
This team comprised Arun Pillai, Buchi Babu, and Abhishek Boinpalli, the source said.. Kavitha also informed Sarath Reddy that Vijay Nair would handle all issues on behalf of Kejriwal and Sisodia in the matter, added the source...
According to the ED source, accused-turned-approver businessman Dinesh Arora said K. Kavitha, Arun Pillai, Vijay Nair, and Dinesh Arora discussed the recovery of the Rs 100 crore at a meeting at Oberoi Maidens Hotel in New Delhi on 3 October 2022...
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