Probe Agency Makes Major Allegation Against K Kavitha, Arrested in Liquor Policy Case

GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 19th March. The Enforcement Directorate claimed on Monday that BRS leader K Kavitha and others conspired with top AAP leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, to receive benefits in the now-cancelled Delhi excise policy by paying 100 crore to the ruling political party in Delhi.

Kavitha, a 46-year-old MLC and daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was arrested by the federal agency last week in Hyderabad and is in ED custody until March 23.

The ED stated that their investigation revealed that Kavitha and others conspired with AAP leaders to manipulate the Delhi excise policy for their benefit. In return for these favors, they allegedly paid 100 crore to the AAP leaders.

According to the agency, illegal funds were generated through corruption and conspiracy in the formulation and implementation of the Delhi excise policy 2021-22, benefiting the AAP.

The ED accused Kavitha and her associates of recovering the proceeds of crime paid to AAP and profiting from the conspiracy. The agency described Kavitha as a key conspirator and beneficiary of the Delhi excise policy scam.

Kavitha denied any wrongdoing and claimed that the Centre was using the ED to gain political advantage in Telangana.

The Aam Aadmi Party accused the BJP of using the ED and CBI as tools to target political opponents.

Since the case was registered in 2022, the agency has conducted searches at 245 locations nationwide, arrested 15 individuals, including former Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia, AAP leader Sanjay Singh, and liquor businessmen. Six charge sheets have been filed, and assets worth over 128 crore have been seized.

The ED and CBI alleged that the Delhi government’s excise policy favored certain liquor traders who paid bribes, a claim strongly denied by the AAP. The policy was scrapped, and a CBI probe was recommended by Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena. Subsequently, the ED initiated a case under the PMLA.