ED Arrests Hyderabad Businessman in Delhi Liquor Scam Case

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandran Pillai in connection with the alleged scam in the Delhi liquor policy on Tuesday. Arun Pillai is named as an accused in the case. He was allegedly working for K Kavitha, the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.

According to the ED, K Kavitha was holding a 65 per cent stake in a liquor company involved in the Delhi liquor policy scam. She was interrogated by the ED at her Hyderabad house on December 11, 2022.

In October 2022, the CBI arrested Arun Pillai’s associate Abhishek Boinpalli in this case. Abhishek was the director of a company named Robin Distribution LLP, an alleged shell company that was used to account for commissions from the liquor firms that benefited from Delhi’s now-shelved liquor policy.

Abhishek was allegedly part of the ‘Southern Lobby’ involved in the lobbying of liquor businessmen. The ED also plans to grill former Delhi deputy CM and jailed AAP leader Manish Sisodia in Tihar jail in connection to this case today.