In a startling revelation in the Delhi Liquor Police scam case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday (18th March) said that their investigation has revealed that BRS leader K Kavitha and others conspired with top AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia in the formulation and implementation of Delhi Liquor policy.
ED investigation revealed that K Kavitha along with others conspired with the top leaders of AAP including Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia for getting favours in the Delhi Excise policy-formulation and implementation. In exchange of these favours, she was involved in paying…
— ANI (@ANI) March 18, 2024
According to the ED, in exchange for these favours, BRS leader Kavitha paid Rs. 100 crores to the AAP leaders. By the acts of corruption and conspiracy in the formulation and implementation of Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22, a continuous stream of illegal funds in the form of kickbacks, from the wholesalers was generated for the AAP, ED said as quoted by news agency ANI.
The financial probing agency added that in the entire conspiracy, K Kavitha and her associates had planned not only to recover the proceeds of crime paid in advance to AAP, but also to further generate profits/proceeds of crime.
Sharing the details and update about the case, ED said that it arrested K Kavitha on 15th March in the Delhi Liquor Policy Scam case. Subsequently, New Delhi’s Special PMLA Court gave her remand to ED. The agency has been granted permission for custodial interrogation for 7 days till 23rd March.
The agency also carried out a search at K Kavitha’s residence in Hyderabad on 15th March, the day when she was arrested. According to the ED, during the search proceedings, relatives and associates of K Kavitha obstructed the ED officials from performing their duty.
Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Headquarters office has arrested K Kavitha on 15.03.2024 in the case of Delhi Liquor Policy Scam. The Special PMLA Court, New Delhi has remanded her for ED custodial interrogation for 7 days till 23.03.2024. A search was also conducted at the… pic.twitter.com/qOMqeQH1YN
— ANI (@ANI) March 18, 2024
So far, the central probing agency has conducted searches on 245 locations across the country including Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, and other places. It has arrested 15 persons including Senior AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh, along with Vijay Nair in this case.
ED has filed 1 Prosecution Complaint and 5 Supplementary Complaints in this matter. The agency statement also added that out of Proceeds of Crime generated, assets worth Rs. 128.79 Crore have been traced and attached vide Provisional Attachment Orders dated 24.01.2023 and 03.07.2023.
Further investigation is underway in this case.
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Meanwhile, once while denying Manish Sisodia’s bail, the apex court in October 2023 had noted that a money trail of Rs 338 crore has been tentatively established in the case.
