A Delhi Court on Thursday rejected the bail plea filed by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha in the alleged Delhi excise policy scam..Special Judge (PC Act) Kaveri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Courts rejected the bail petitions filed by Kavitha in the cases filed by both the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED)..Kavitha was arrested by the CBI on April 11. She had earlier been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 15 from Hyderabad, following allegations that she was involved in a money laundering case connected with the alleged Delhi excise scam.The case against Kavitha and others originated in 2022 when a First Information Report (FIR) was registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) alleging that the Delhi Excise Policy of 2021-22 was manipulated to facilitate monopolisation and cartelisation of wholesale and retail liquor trade in Delhi.As per the CBI and ED, certain persons/ group from South India were benefited in the process and some amount of their profits was given to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which used the same to campaign for Goa assembly elections.The case was registered under provisions of Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Meanwhile, ED is separately probing money laundering allegations in the case..The Court had earlier denied her interim bail in the ED case.
A Delhi Court on Thursday rejected the bail plea filed by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha in the alleged Delhi excise policy scam..Special Judge (PC Act) Kaveri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Courts rejected the bail petitions filed by Kavitha in the cases filed by both the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED)..Kavitha was arrested by the CBI on April 11. She had earlier been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 15 from Hyderabad, following allegations that she was involved in a money laundering case connected with the alleged Delhi excise scam.The case against Kavitha and others originated in 2022 when a First Information Report (FIR) was registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) alleging that the Delhi Excise Policy of 2021-22 was manipulated to facilitate monopolisation and cartelisation of wholesale and retail liquor trade in Delhi.As per the CBI and ED, certain persons/ group from South India were benefited in the process and some amount of their profits was given to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) which used the same to campaign for Goa assembly elections.The case was registered under provisions of Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act and the Indian Penal Code (IPC). Meanwhile, ED is separately probing money laundering allegations in the case..The Court had earlier denied her interim bail in the ED case.
