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New Delhi: A chartered accountant who had earlier worked with Kavitha, daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, has been arrested by the CBI in connection with the Delhi Liquor Policy case. The Enforcement Directorate and the CBI have claimed that irregularities were committed while revising Delhi’s excise duty policy with the connivance of a lobby known as ‘South Group’ and taking bribes.
Butchi Babu, K Kavitha’s ex auditor, represented the “South Group” in the case, said the CBI. He was arrested on Tuesday evening as he was non-cooperative and his responses were found to be evasive, said the agency.
The CBI has alleged that Mr Babu’s role in the formulation and implementation of the now-scrapped Delhi Excise Policy caused “wrongful gain” to Hyderabad-based wholesale and retail licensees and their beneficial owners.
The agency says the group includes Kavitha of Telangana’s ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi, Andhra Pradesh’s ruling YSR Congress MP Magunta Srinivasalu Reddy and Aurobindo Pharma’s Sarath Reddy.
The agencies have claimed that under this the license fee was waived or reduced and undue advantage was given to the liquor license holders.
Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia has been made an accused in the case and he has been questioned.
