Pilot Rohit Reddy, Tandur MLA of Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) was called in for questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday, December 16. The MLA was summoned in a money laundering case involving drugs and was asked to appear at the office on December 19. Rohit Reddy is a witness and complainant in the BRS MLA poaching case.
In February of last year, drugs worth Rs 4 crore were seized in Bengaluru and the names of numerous people were made public when a few Nigerians were detained by Bengaluru police. The police had previously questioned Kannada producer Shankar Gowda, who organised the party to which the drugs were allegedly meant to be supplied to. Suspicions were raised since Pilot Rohit Reddy and another person named Kalahar Reddy attended the event.
MLA Rohit Reddy is the main complainant in BRS MLAs poaching case at his farmhouse, allegedly by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) was later assigned to the case. On Tuesday, the MLA had recorded his testimony in the 5th Additional Junior Civil Magistrate court.
Actress Rakul Preet Singh was also summoned by the ED on Thursday in relation to a four-year-old narcotics trafficking and consumption case. The actress was questioned by the ED last year. She has been asked to appear before the investigating body on December 19.