YSR Congress leader's son sent to ED custody for 10 days in Delhi liquor scam

Magunta Raghava was arrested on Friday evening.

The arrest was made days after Butchibabu Gorantla, a Telangana-based chartered accountant, former auditor of KCR's daughter K Kavitha, was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the Delhi liquor case.

Earlier, CBI also questioned K Kavitha in Hyderabad on December 12 for over seven hours in connection with the case.

The agency alleged that K Kavitha was part of the "South Cartel" that benefited from kickbacks in the liquor policy case.

On Wednesday, the Rouse Avenue Court sent businessman Gautam Malhotra, son of former Shiromani Akali Dal MLA Deep Malhotra to ED custody in connection with a liquor scam case.

So far, ED has filed two charge sheets or prosecution complaints in this case and has made nine arrests.

The ED's money laundering case emanates from the CBI FIR.

After L-G Vinai Kumar Saxena recommended a CBI probe into the alleged irregularities in the implementation of Delhi's Excise Policy 2021-22, the case was filed.

Both CBI and ED named Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and other excise officials of the government in their complaints.

The Delhi excise policy for 2021-22 was discontinued in August last year.

However, it came under the Delhi lieutenant governor’s radar and he asked the CBI to probe the alleged irregularities.