Metro India News | AMARAVATI

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday interrogated Kesireddy Rajashekhar  Reddy (Raj Kesireddy) , the main accused  in the liquor scam in Vijayawada district jail. Two ED officials questioned him and recorded his statement. The SIT appointed by the state government has concluded that thousands of crores of rupees have been siphoned off . 

The ED has  prima facie established that all the illegal proceeds were added to the final beneficiary through multi-layered and highly complex transactions and also though fictitious companies. It is trying to identify the routes through which the money was diverted. It was in this context that ED officials met SIT chief SV Rajasekhar Babu on Tuesday. He was asked about the findings of the money trial conducted by the SIT so far. 

The ED officials are said to have asked the SIT chief about which companies and through which accounts did the cash transfer start and the details of where it reached were ascertained. Reportedly there was also a discussion between ED and SIT officials on how the money was diverted abroad or to benami firms. The ED officials have taken from the SIT the  details of the accused arrested so far in the case, the companies listed, the respective bank accounts and their involvement in the scam.