BRS chief K Kavitha appeared before ED for questioning in a money laundering case on March 11 and 16

Officials have confirmed that BRS chief K Kavitha was questioned again by the City's Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday in connection with a money laundering case involving the Delhi excise policy.

The daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, a member of the Legislative Council, was first questioned on March 11 and again on March 16 in connection with the matter. However, Kavitha did not attend the interview because she is currently appealing to the ED's decision to dismiss the case.

The government agency conducting the investigation disagreed with her and scheduled a deposition for March 20.

Kavitha spent nine hours at the ED office on March 11. She was reportedly confronted with the statements of the arrested accused, Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramachandran Pillai, who allegedly shares close ties with her. Under PMLA, the BRS MLC has provided a declaration. (PMLA).

Kavitha has claimed that she did nothing wrong and that the BJP-led Centre was "using" the ED because the saffron party could not obtain a "backdoor entry" in Telangana.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) claimed that Pillai "represented the South Group," an alleged liquor cartel connected to Kavitha and others that paid kickbacks to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of about Rs 100 crore to gain a larger share of the market in the national capital under the now-rescinded Delhi excise policy for 2020-21. Sarath Reddy (promoter of Aurobindo Pharma), Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy (YSR Congress MP from Ongole Lok Sabha constituency in Andhra Pradesh), his son Raghav Magunta, Kavitha, and others are all members of the South Group.

In addition, the ED claimed that Pillai "represented the benami investments" of Kavitha in his remand documents.