ED begins questioning accused in BRS MLAs’ poaching case

Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday began questioning Nanda Kumar, an accused in the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLAs’ poaching case, in connection with alleged money laundering.
The ED officials were questioning Kumar in Chanchalguda Central Prison. Special arrangements were made in the prison for questioning the accused.
The central agency which obtained permission from a city court to question Kumar for two days will record his statement.
The third Additional Chief Metropolitan Court had on Saturday granted permission to ED Assistant Director Sumit Goyal and two other officers to record the statement of the accused in jail for two days in the presence of his lawyers.
As per the court order, the ED officials submitted documents to jail authorities before entering the jail premises certifying that they had tested negative for Covid-19 to the authorities.
The court had directed the jail Superintendent to facilitate the ED officials to have access to Kumar between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.