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<\/p>\nThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has disclosed to a special court that K Kavitha, a leader of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), allegedly exerted pressure on Aurobindo Pharma promoter Sharath Chandra Reddy to contribute \u20b925 crore to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for securing five retail zones allotted to his company under the Delhi government’s excise policy.<\/p>\n
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According to the CBI, Kavitha purportedly warned Reddy that failure to comply with the payment demand would result in adverse consequences for his business interests in Telangana and Delhi. Reddy, who was embroiled in a money-laundering case related to an alleged liquor scam in Delhi, later became a crucial witness in the case under investigation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).<\/p>\n
Despite this, the CBI has yet to file formal charges against him.In its pursuit of Kavitha’s custodial interrogation, the CBI informed Special Judge Kaveri Baweja that Kavitha’s involvement allegedly influenced Reddy’s decision to venture into the liquor business in Delhi. Kavitha purportedly assured Reddy of her connections within the Delhi government and pledged assistance in navigating the liquor business landscape under the now-defunct excise policy.<\/p>\n
The CBI detailed Kavitha’s alleged instructions to Reddy, outlining a payment scheme involving upfront sums of \u20b925 crore for wholesale operations and \u20b95 crore for each retail zone, to be remitted to the AAP through her associates Arun R Pillai and Abhishek Boinpally, who would liaise with Vijay Nair, an alleged representative of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The court has remanded Kavitha to CBI custody until April 15.According to the CBI, Pillai, Boinpally, and Butchibabu Gorantla, among others, stayed at the Hotel Oberoi in Delhi in March and May 2021 to influence policy provisions through Nair in favor of their interests.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, the CBI alleged that Aurobindo Reality and Infrastructure Private Limited, upon receiving assurances from Kavitha, made a payment of \u20b980 lakh to her NGO, Telangana Jagruthi, under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in March 2021.The investigation also revealed purported coercion by Kavitha for Reddy to enter into a land sale agreement in Telangana, despite his alleged reluctance and lack of awareness regarding the property’s value.
\nThe CBI alleges that Reddy was compelled to pay \u20b914 crore for the land through Mahira Ventures Private Limited, a company within the Aurobindo Group, with transactions totaling \u20b914 crore, disbursed in two installments.The CBI contends that Kavitha subsequently demanded a further \u20b925 crore from Reddy for the five retail zones, threatening repercussions to his business interests if he refused.<\/p>\n
Notably, the AAP had previously alleged that Reddy’s company had transferred \u20b959.5 crore to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) via electoral bonds. Delhi minister Atishi asserted that Reddy’s company purchased electoral bonds worth \u20b94.5 crore during the formulation of the excise policy and an additional \u20b955 crore post-arrest, with the funds directed to the BJP.Read more..<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has disclosed to a special court that K Kavitha, a leader of the Bharat […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[649,650,651,654,652,653,647,648,655],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapusangam.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapusangam.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapusangam.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapusangam.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapusangam.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kapusangam.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapusangam.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kapusangam.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapusangam.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kapusangam.com\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}