Hyderabad: Alleged conman Sukesh Chandrasekhar in a letter directed to Union home minister Amit Shah, Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) alleged that the close associates of BRS MLC Kavitha Kalvakuntla and Telangana IT minister KTR offered Rs 100 crore, land at Shamshabad and a ticket in upcoming Assembly elections to him so that he retract his statements and evidences (Whatsapp Chat copies/Screen shots, recordings given to the Enforcement Directorate about them and the leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) regarding the Delhi Excise policy row.
Sukesh also alleged that he was threatened of a ‘worse situation’ if he didnt agree to their terms. “The online communication was spoken by the closest associate and luxury shopper/stylist of KTR, Kavitha ji, 2 days ago to my family. And the same shall be furnished to the invesigative agency,” he said in the letter dated July 12.
He claimed that he has the data on transactions worth Rs 2000 crore took place between KTR, Kavitha and him along with call recordings and chats between the three of them of the size of 250 GB.
Sukesh requested the union home minister to refer his complaint to the CBI and asked for an ‘urgent investigation’ into the issue “before the upcoming Assembly elections in the state of Telangana.”
He said that he has attached screenshots of WhatsApp chats between him and MLC Kavitha which he said was provided to the ED previously.
KTR reacts to allegations
Reacting sharply to the allegations, KTR said that he is intending to pursue ‘strong legal action’ against Sukesh for his ‘nonsensical utterances’.
“Just learnt from media that a delusional fraudster and a noted criminal called Sukesh has made some ludicrous allegations about me I have never heard of this rogue and intend to pursue strong legal action against him for his nonsensical utterances Request media also to be circumspect when publishing such wild comments/claims from fibsters,” he tweeted.
Sukesh Chandrasekhar is an accused in over thirty high profile cases of forgery, extortion and money laundering. He is currently being held in Delhi’s Mandoli jail on charges of extorting more than Rs 200 crore from the wife of a former Fortis founder, among other corruption charges.