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New Delhi: On Tuesday, The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandran Pillai in connection with the alleged scam in the Delhi liquor policy. This is the 11th arrest made in the alleged excise scam case of the Delhi government.
Arun Pillai is an accused in the case and allegedly worked with Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter K Kavitha. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia has also been sent to Delhi’s Tihar Jail in judicial custody till March 20 in the Delhi government’s alleged excise scam case.
Pillai was taken into custody under the criminal sections of the PMLA on following a long session of questioning. He will be produced before a local court where the ED will seek his further custody for interrogation, they said. Earlier on Monday, a Delhi court granted bail to Hyderabad-based chartered accountant Buchibabu Gorantla in a corruption case related to the alleged Delhi Excise Policy scam. Kavita is said to be a former Chartered Accountant. Kavita, Telangana Chief Minister K. She is the daughter of Chandrasekhar Rao.
