The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested Arun Ramchandra Pillai in the Delhi excise policy money laundering probe. Pillai represented the “South Group” in meetings with other accused persons when the policy was being formulated and implemented.
So far eleven people were arrested in this case where crores of many is said to be involved.
The investigation relates to the now-withdrawn Delhi liquor sales policy introduced in 2021. Manish Sisodia is the head of Delhi’s excise department, which is how he has come into the line of fire.
Kavitha the daughter of CM KCR was also named in the FIRs and she might be picked up for inquiry. The BRS and AAP have dismissed all charges and said the investigation is the BJP’s attempt to settle political scores.
However, it has maintained that it will cooperate with investigators. Party boss and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had said, “There is no such thing as a liquor scam. We formulated the best and most transparent policy in the country.”
Both AAP and BRS are gearing up to do an agitation against the BJP Government in a big way. They said that the BJP was doing all this for political vendetta.
