ED grills Cash for MLAs complainant Rohit Reddy for 6 hours

The officials, however, apparently did not inform Reddy in which case they were questioning him. “As I have respect for central investigating agencies, I appeared before the ED,” he said.

“Since the ED officials asked me to appear again on Tuesday, I will again visit the office at 10.30 am,” Reddy, who is also the complainant in BRS MLAs poaching case, said.

He added that he was also seeking legal opinion on the issue.

ఎమ్మెల్యే రోహిత్ రెడ్డి గారి ఈడీ విచారణ ముగిసింది. 6 గంటల పాటు సాగిన విచారణలో ఈడీ అధికారులు తన వ్యక్తిగత వివరాలను తెలుసుకున్నారని రోహిత్ రెడ్డి తెలిపారు. ఏ కేసు విషయమై తనను విచారిస్తున్నారన్న స్పష్టత మాత్రం ఇవ్వలేదన్నారు. మళ్లీ రేపు విచారణకు హాజరుకావాలన్నారని తెలిపారు. pic.twitter.com/JpLzB6W5dZ

— Pilot Rohith Reddy (@PilotRohith) December 19, 2022

Reddy was supposed to appear before the ED around 10.30 am on Monday, but he sent in his personal assistant Sravan Kumar with a letter seeking time till the end of this month to make an appearance to furnish the details sought by officials.

The ED turned down Reddy’s request, prompting him to appear before them at 3 pm.

What does the ED want?

Before sending his personal assistance to the ED office, Reddy, it is learnt, met Telangana Chief Minister and BRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao at Pragathi Bhavan in Begumpet along with legal experts and discussed the probe agency’s notice.

In the notice issued to Reddy on 15 December, the ED officials sought details of immovable and movable properties in his and his family members’ names.

They are also believed to have asked for copies of invoices and sale deeds of these properties, in addition to details of the source of funds for the acquisition of such properties.

They also wanted Reddy to furnish a list of companies and trusts owned by him and his family since 1 April, 2015, along with copies of shares, and a list of all bank accounts since 2015, apart from copies of audited balance sheets.

Details of sold-off shares of the companies owned by Reddy and his family were also sought, in addition to loans and closed accounts held in the names of companies from 2015.

The ED also sought details of the loans availed in the name of the companies. Copies of Reddy’s Aadhaar and PAN cards were also sought by the directorate.

Reddy was among the four MLAs from the BRS — then the TRS — who were present in a farmhouse in Moinabad in the suburbs of Hyderabad in the Ranga Reddy district when the BJP allegedly tried to poach them, in what is now called the Cash for MLAs case.

He gave his statement in a local court that is hearing the poaching case, which is being probed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT).