ED summons MLA; Rs 2.1 crore remains a report
Multiple reports say Serilingampally MLA Arekapudi Gandhi must appear on September 27 in the Sahiti Infra money-laundering investigation. The ED’s published documents do not name him or confirm the reported figure.
The ED’s published case figures and the separately reported Rs 2.1 crore are shown as distinct records.
The Enforcement Directorate has reportedly summoned Serilingampally MLA Arekapudi Gandhi to appear on September 27 in its money-laundering investigation into Sahiti Infratech Ventures India Pvt Ltd, according to multiple reports published on September 25. The reports say the agency is examining transactions of about Rs 2.1 crore involving bank accounts linked to Gandhi. The summons itself has not been published in the material reviewed, so the number remains a media report rather than an established ED finding.
The ED’s published documents describe the wider case: the agency says Sahiti collected money from homebuyers through pre-launch and unauthorised project offerings, with more than Rs 800 crore collected across projects. It says properties worth Rs 169.15 crore were provisionally attached. Those releases name Sahiti managing director B. Lakshminarayana and former director Sandu Purnachandra Rao, but not Gandhi.
A summons is not a finding of guilt. Gandhi’s response was not available in the public record reviewed. The ED has put out figures on the company; the reported Rs 2.1 crore still belongs to the reports.