The SIT investigation has revealed that 90% of the thousands of crores of rupees looted in the liquor scam went directly to ‘Bigg Boss’. It has found that the remaining 10% of the bribes were received by cash couriers and handlers working under the leadership of Raj Kasireddy, key leaders of the YSRCP, and officials involved in the illegal racket. The SIT has reportedly prepared a list detailing who received the most in the bribe money.
The SIT has already determined the amount of the bribes based on the facts revealed during the interrogation of the arrested accused and witnesses, their statements, and the information found in the cell phones seized from them. It has found that the YSRCP liquor gang collected Rs 150 to Rs 600 per case based on the basic price. The initial estimate is that the total loot is around Rs 3,300 crore.
The SIT estimates that 90 percent of that, or about Rs 2,970 crore, went to ‘Bigg Boss’, which was routed through shell companies and other hawala channels. The remaining 10 percent of the bribes were spent on the operating expenses of cash couriers and handlers led by Raj Kasirddy, on bribes to key YSRCP leaders, and on officials involved in the illegal racket.
The SIT has uncovered that these bribes were used to invest in land in Bengaluru and Hyderabad and to set up benami companies. It has been revealed that two key leaders who were instrumental in formulating the new liquor policy and deciding how much bribes to collect, as per the orders of ‘Bigg Boss’, received shares of Rs 5 crore each per month. Both of them were MPs at that time.
The differences started when the payment of a share of the bribe money to a leader was stopped midway. That key leader is not in the YSRCP at present. Another leader is currently an MP of that party. The SIT found that in addition to receiving shares in the bribe money, he also took control of a distillery and made alcohol with his own brands through it.
He bought that alcohol in large quantities from APSBCL and looted it heavily. The SIT found that another leader who was in a key position in the state government at that time was given Rs 50 lakh per month. The SIT found that hundreds of crores of rupees were deposited from APSBCL to about 5 companies, and that Raj Kasireddy’s gang also bought lands in several places with this money.
The SIT investigation revealed that Raj Kasireddy’s gang also made films with the commissions received for operating the liquor system. They also invested in the real estate sector. The SIT investigation revealed that several companies were also established in Dubai.