Delhi Court Extends K Kavitha Custody as ED Investigates Alleged Money Laundering
Delhi Court ordered the remand of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha to judicial custody until April 09 in connection with a money laundering case linked to an alleged liquor policy scam. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has also been arrested in connection with the same case.
The order was passed by Special CBI judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Courts after Kavitha was presented in court following the expiration of her remand with the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Earlier, Kavitha had been in ED custody until March 23, which was subsequently extended by three days. Today, the ED requested that Kavitha be transferred to judicial custody.
Kavitha was apprehended on the evening of March 15 by the ED, shortly after searches were conducted at her residence in Hyderabad by the agency and the Income Tax department.
According to the arrest memo, Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao and a member of the Telangana Legislative Council, was arrested at 5:20 pm from her residence in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. She was then remanded to ED custody until March 23.
On March 19, Kavitha withdrew her plea challenging the ED summons from the Supreme Court. Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued notice on her plea challenging her arrest and directed the BRS leader to seek bail from the trial court.
In its previous remand application, the ED alleged that Kavitha was “one of the main perpetrators, a key conspirator, and a beneficiary” of the excise policy scam.
The agency further alleged that Kavitha, along with other members of the South Group including Sarath Reddy, Raghav Magunta, and Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, conspired with top Aam Aadmi Party leaders, providing them kickbacks amounting to Rs. 100 Crore in exchange for undue favors in the formulation and implementation of the excise policy.
The ED also claimed that Kavitha had arranged a deal with the then Deputy Chief Minister and now Delhi Chief Minister, wherein she and other South Group members paid kickbacks through intermediaries and middlemen.
Case Background:
The Enforcement Directorate has issued summons to K Kavitha as part of its broader investigation into alleged financial irregularities related to the now-defunct liquor policy and the involvement of a purported ‘south liquor lobby’.
In March 2023, the ED summoned her to appear in person in Delhi for questioning. However, the BRS leader challenged the agency’s summons in the same month.
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