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  • Live: Heavy Deployment Of Security Forces Around Delhi CM Kejriwal’s Residence As ED Raid Continues |

    ED Raid At Kejriwal Live Update: A team from the Enforcement Directorate visited the residence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning this evening in connection with the alleged money laundering case related to the Delhi Excise policy scam. The team is reportedly questioning the Delhi CM for more than one hour while searches are also underway at his residence. Senior Delhi Police officials including ACP rank officers and DCP North Manoj Meena are present at the CM’s residence. The security around the Delhi CM’s residence has been increased and paramilitary personnel have also been deployed.

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    Around 8pm, additional team of some ED officials and paramilitary forces reached Delhi CM Kejriwal’s residence. According to reports, the ED wants to take Arvind Kejriwal to its office for questioning and thus it has called for additional teams. 

    The ED’s action came after the Delhi High Court today denied interim relief to the Delhi CM in the ED summons case related to the liquor policy. The ED team has reached CM’s residence with a search warrant. Delhi minister Saurabh Bharadwaj, who reached Kejriwal’s residence shortly after the ED raid commenced, said that he was not allowed to go inside and claimed that the central probe agency is planning to arrest the Delhi CM. AAP minister Atishi accused the ED of ignoring the HC order and questioned the central probe agency’s rush to arrest Kejriwal.

    It may be noted that the Delhi CM has moved to the High Court against the ED summons seeking a direction to the central probe agency to not take any coercive action against him. However, while the Delhi HC refused to provide any interim relief to Kejriwal, it also asked the ED to submit its reply in the case by April 22. However, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal’s legal team moved to the Supreme Court and filed a petition challenging the High Court’s order denying interim relief to him in the Excise policy case. 

    Several AAP workers including Delhi Ministers reached the Delhi CM’s residence after the ED raid news and sloganeered against the BJP while supporting Kejriwal. 

    Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann also reacted to the ED raid. “BJP’s political team (ED) cannot arrest Kejriwal’s thinking…because only AAP can stop BJP. Ideology/thinking can never be suppressed,” said Mann. Aam Aadmi Party Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal alleged political conspiracy. “All efforts are underway to arrest the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who is providing world class education-health-electricity-water facilities in Delhi. Arresting him just before the elections in a case that has been going on for 2 years shows political conspiracy. The whole of Delhi and the whole country is with Kejriwal,” said Maliwal.

    Delhi ministers incuding Atishi and Sourabh Bhardwaj have alleged that the ED is planning to arrest Kejriwal just before elections to hamper Aam Aadmi Party’s Lok Sabha poll campaign. On the other hand, the BJP has accuse CM Kejriwal of evading probe agency accusing Kejriwal of being the mastermind of the Delhi Excise policy. 

  • Delhi ‘Excise Rip-off’: ED will get extra time to quiz Pillai in wake of unpolluted details, extend via Butchi Babu  

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    The Directorate of Enforcement on Monday secured a 3-day extension from a Particular PMLA Courtroom at Rouse Street Delhi, to interrogate Arun Pillai, the Hyderabad-based businessman and the consultant of the South staff of Liquor Investors, who was once a right away beneficiary of the kickbacks from the Delhi Excise Coverage 2021-22 rip-off and was once additionally enthusiastic about affecting tweaks within the coverage that at last benefitted politicians, middlemen, and liquor buyers.

    The ED sought extra time within the wake of unpolluted disclosures made via Pillai throughout his custodial interrogation, which the company stated was once the most important and was once within the technique of corroborating and confirming with the resources and entities discussed via the accused.

    Additionally, Butchi Babu, purported to be an in depth partner of Pillai, has been summoned for wondering on March 15 and was once additionally required to be faced with the accused in custody. Babu was once summoned on March 9 however sought a postponement on well being grounds.

    In the meantime, Pillai is also dealing with a collection of questions following the deposition of BRS chief Okay Kavitha, additionally the daughter of Telangana leader minister Okay Chandrashekhar Rao. Kavitha who is said to be a key member of the South Workforce of liquor buyers, instrumental in influencing the Delhi Excise Coverage and benefitting from the alterations, has been known as once more on March 16 to stand extra questions.

    Delhi’s ex-chief minister Manish Sisodia, who has been charged with tweaking the coverage to favour the South Workforce, compromising the passion of Delhi exchequer, may be being interrogated via the ED in custody at this time. Amongst different sides, Sisodia is being wondered on the subject of the Rs 100 cr advance allegedly won as a bribe from the South Workforce via middlemen on behalf of AAP to make beneficial adjustments within the Delhi Excise Coverage counseled and enforced via him. All accused are anticipated to be faced with Kavitha within the coming days.

    In the meantime, the ED has adversarial the plea filed via Pillai to retract from a few statements made ahead of it beneath Segment 50 of the PMLA 2002. The company submitted that the statements are being recorded since September 2022 and it was once relatively absurd that the accused selected to retract from it after such a lot of months. The ED submitted that given the circumstance and timing of the applying for retractions, it is relatively obtrusive that the accused is beneath drive to retract his commentary made previous.

    Pillai statements have been recorded on 11 events between 18 September 2022 and six March 2023 ahead of he was once arrested within the case. He had moved an software on March 9 2023 looking for to retract from two of his statements made throughout two of the wondering periods in November closing yr mentioning “it was once recorded beneath coercion”.

    The date of software additionally coincided with the date when Okay Kavitha was once summoned via the ED. She on the other hand sought an alternative date mentioning his prefixed political engagement by which she was once preserving an illustration at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar looking for early creation and passage of the Girls’s Reservations Invoice via the ruling BJP-led Govt on the centre.
     

    The Directorate of Enforcement on Monday secured a 3-day extension from a Particular PMLA Courtroom at Rouse Street Delhi, to interrogate Arun Pillai, the Hyderabad-based businessman and the consultant of the South staff of Liquor Investors, who was once a right away beneficiary of the kickbacks from the Delhi Excise Coverage 2021-22 rip-off and was once additionally enthusiastic about affecting tweaks within the coverage that at last benefitted politicians, middlemen, and liquor buyers.

    The ED sought extra time within the wake of unpolluted disclosures made via Pillai throughout his custodial interrogation, which the company stated was once the most important and was once within the technique of corroborating and confirming with the resources and entities discussed via the accused.

    Additionally, Butchi Babu, purported to be an in depth partner of Pillai, has been summoned for wondering on March 15 and was once additionally required to be faced with the accused in custody. Babu was once summoned on March 9 however sought a postponement on well being grounds.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    In the meantime, Pillai is also dealing with a collection of questions following the deposition of BRS chief Okay Kavitha, additionally the daughter of Telangana leader minister Okay Chandrashekhar Rao. Kavitha who is said to be a key member of the South Workforce of liquor buyers, instrumental in influencing the Delhi Excise Coverage and benefitting from the alterations, has been known as once more on March 16 to stand extra questions.

    Delhi’s ex-chief minister Manish Sisodia, who has been charged with tweaking the coverage to favour the South Workforce, compromising the passion of Delhi exchequer, may be being interrogated via the ED in custody at this time. Amongst different sides, Sisodia is being wondered on the subject of the Rs 100 cr advance allegedly won as a bribe from the South Workforce via middlemen on behalf of AAP to make beneficial adjustments within the Delhi Excise Coverage counseled and enforced via him. All accused are anticipated to be faced with Kavitha within the coming days.

    In the meantime, the ED has adversarial the plea filed via Pillai to retract from a few statements made ahead of it beneath Segment 50 of the PMLA 2002. The company submitted that the statements are being recorded since September 2022 and it was once relatively absurd that the accused selected to retract from it after such a lot of months. The ED submitted that given the circumstance and timing of the applying for retractions, it is relatively obtrusive that the accused is beneath drive to retract his commentary made previous.

    Pillai statements have been recorded on 11 events between 18 September 2022 and six March 2023 ahead of he was once arrested within the case. He had moved an software on March 9 2023 looking for to retract from two of his statements made throughout two of the wondering periods in November closing yr mentioning “it was once recorded beneath coercion”.

    The date of software additionally coincided with the date when Okay Kavitha was once summoned via the ED. She on the other hand sought an alternative date mentioning his prefixed political engagement by which she was once preserving an illustration at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar looking for early creation and passage of the Girls’s Reservations Invoice via the ruling BJP-led Govt on the centre.
     

  • Key accused in Delhi excise rip-off needs to retract statements made to ED

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    NEW DELHI: Some of the key accused within the Delhi Excise rip-off Arun Ramchandra Pillai, Hyderabad-based businessman not too long ago arrested through ED,  moved an utility on Friday in quest of to retract from the  statements submitted ahead of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), within the Delhi excise coverage case.

    Pillai moved the applying ahead of a distinct PMLA courtroom at Rouse Street in quest of to retract from a few statements he made ultimate 12 months, when he gave the impression ahead of the ED following summons for deposition issued through the company.

    The particular courtroom following Pillai’s utility has issued realize to the ED to document a answer through March 13 when the subject might be taken up for listening to.

    Pillai was once arrested and produced ahead of the PMLA courtroom on Tuesday as he was once allegedly now not cooperating with the company all over the ultimate wondering consultation for which he was once referred to as to Delhi. The particular courtroom remanded him in ED custody until March 13 and he’s recently being interrogated in custodial remand.

    Pillai all over the process investigations has gave the impression greater than 10 occasions ahead of the ED to get his depositions recorded. However in keeping with the applying, statements made all over two of his visits round November ultimate 12 months have been recorded below coercion. Pillai was once summoned and wondered through ED within the subject greater than 10 occasions between October and now ahead of he was once arrested early this week.

    The strikes comes at a time when Delhi Ex-Leader minister Manish Sisodia has been taken in ED remand and BRS chief Okay Kavitha, additionally the daughter of Telangana leader minister KC Rao, has been summoned through ED for wondering on Saturday, March 11. Consistent with the ED all 3 are excited about tweaking the Delhi Excise coverage which was once designed to profit sure liquor buyers.

    Consistent with ED  Pillai was once allegedly concerned within the tweaking of the Delhi Excise Coverage 2021-22 on the formula degree and being probably the most beneficiaries of kickback cash which he laundered due to this fact.  He was once the 32.5 in step with cent proprietor of a entrance during which Kavitha had a considerable stake. He was once the consultant of the ‘South Crew’ of liquor buyers and was once an instantaneous beneficiary of the kickback cash and was once additionally excited about laundering it.

    The crowd had allegedly paid an advance of Rs 100 crore to AAP although Vijay Nair, a detailed affiliate of the birthday celebration, to get the coverage designed in a way to get them providence beneficial properties. Pillai had allegedly facilitated the method, the ED alleged.

    The liquor buyers of the South Crew come with outstanding individuals and politicians together with Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, his son Raghav Magunta, Sharath Reddy of Aurobindo Pharma and Kavitha herself.

    Pillai, ED alleged, gained the kickback cash amounting to a number of crores. The ED in January has already connected a number of movable and immovable houses of Pillai and his spouse in Hyderabad and different puts value Rs. 5.72 crore as a part of its motion to get better the federal government cash which was once allegedly generated as kickback and laundered within the Delhi Excise rip-off.

    NEW DELHI: Some of the key accused within the Delhi Excise rip-off Arun Ramchandra Pillai, Hyderabad-based businessman not too long ago arrested through ED,  moved an utility on Friday in quest of to retract from the  statements submitted ahead of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), within the Delhi excise coverage case.

    Pillai moved the applying ahead of a distinct PMLA courtroom at Rouse Street in quest of to retract from a few statements he made ultimate 12 months, when he gave the impression ahead of the ED following summons for deposition issued through the company.

    The particular courtroom following Pillai’s utility has issued realize to the ED to document a answer through March 13 when the subject might be taken up for listening to.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Pillai was once arrested and produced ahead of the PMLA courtroom on Tuesday as he was once allegedly now not cooperating with the company all over the ultimate wondering consultation for which he was once referred to as to Delhi. The particular courtroom remanded him in ED custody until March 13 and he’s recently being interrogated in custodial remand.

    Pillai all over the process investigations has gave the impression greater than 10 occasions ahead of the ED to get his depositions recorded. However in keeping with the applying, statements made all over two of his visits round November ultimate 12 months have been recorded below coercion. Pillai was once summoned and wondered through ED within the subject greater than 10 occasions between October and now ahead of he was once arrested early this week.

    The strikes comes at a time when Delhi Ex-Leader minister Manish Sisodia has been taken in ED remand and BRS chief Okay Kavitha, additionally the daughter of Telangana leader minister KC Rao, has been summoned through ED for wondering on Saturday, March 11. Consistent with the ED all 3 are excited about tweaking the Delhi Excise coverage which was once designed to profit sure liquor buyers.

    Consistent with ED  Pillai was once allegedly concerned within the tweaking of the Delhi Excise Coverage 2021-22 on the formula degree and being probably the most beneficiaries of kickback cash which he laundered due to this fact.  He was once the 32.5 in step with cent proprietor of a entrance during which Kavitha had a considerable stake. He was once the consultant of the ‘South Crew’ of liquor buyers and was once an instantaneous beneficiary of the kickback cash and was once additionally excited about laundering it.

    The crowd had allegedly paid an advance of Rs 100 crore to AAP although Vijay Nair, a detailed affiliate of the birthday celebration, to get the coverage designed in a way to get them providence beneficial properties. Pillai had allegedly facilitated the method, the ED alleged.

    The liquor buyers of the South Crew come with outstanding individuals and politicians together with Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, his son Raghav Magunta, Sharath Reddy of Aurobindo Pharma and Kavitha herself.

    Pillai, ED alleged, gained the kickback cash amounting to a number of crores. The ED in January has already connected a number of movable and immovable houses of Pillai and his spouse in Hyderabad and different puts value Rs. 5.72 crore as a part of its motion to get better the federal government cash which was once allegedly generated as kickback and laundered within the Delhi Excise rip-off.

  • Delhi Liquor Rip-off: Motion must be taken towards the minister within the Delhi Excise rip-off case… UP Minister Nitin Agarwal’s large assault

    Nitin Agarwal On Delhi Liquor Rip-off: Within the alleged Excise rip-off case of Delhi, UP Excise Minister Nitin Agarwal has introduced a scathing assault. The motion of central businesses is happening often within the rip-off case. The UP minister has demanded motion towards the Excise Minister of Delhi on this subject.