DELHI LIQUOR SCAM: ED SUMMONS INDIA AHEAD DIRECTOR GOUTAM MOOTHA

In connection with the Delhi liquor fraud case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday issued summonses to the news channels, Andhra Prabha and India Ahead channel director, Goutam Mootha. According to reports, suspicious transactions are being examined.

On Friday, the Enforcement Directorate conducted searches on the offices of the news outlets Andhra Prabha and India Ahead. B Abhishek Rao, a close friend of TRS MLC Kavitha, is claimed to have handled investments in Andhra Prabha, sources claimed.

The raids, which began early on Friday, are continuing in Delhi, Punjab, and Andhra Pradesh, according to ED sources. They discovered linkages between Punjab and Andhra Pradesh in the case while questioning Sameer Mahendru, an accused who is now in the custody of the central agency.

Arjun Pandey, one of the two individuals who were crucial to this affair, was the chief of the sales division of "India Ahead," an English news channel launched by Andhraprabha management, for a while. Andhraprabha-India Ahead received funding from another Boinapally Abhishek. ED questioned Mutta Gopalakrishna, the head of the press, on Friday on his interactions with both of them and Andhra Prabha.

Sources said that the Punjab government and the media organisation engaged in a transaction of Rs 20 crore. In connection with Delhi's Excise Policy Scam, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is conducting searches in 35 sites across three states. Raids were conducted at Jubilee Hills, Banjara Hills, Kukatpally, and Madhapur in Telangana.