A city court Monday denied bail to BRS leader K Kavitha in a money laundering cases registered against her by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) related to the now scrapped Delhi Liquor Policy.
Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Courts passed the order and rejected Kavitha’s regular bail pleas in the CBI and ED cases.
Kavitha was arrested on March 15 by the ED and later by CBI while still in judicial custody. The CBI arrest came after the court permitted her interrogation in jail.
The CBI had also arrested among others, Sarath Chandra Reddy from the South. Reddy allegedly participated in the liquor scam on Kavitha’s assurance that she had contacts in the Delhi Government and she would help him in the business.
The CBI further alleged that in November-December 2021, Kavitha asked Reddy to pay Rs 25 crore at the rate of Rs 5 crore per zone for the five retail zones allotted to him, as she had claimed that she had paid Rs.100 crore upfront money to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party through Vijay Nair for getting favourable provisions in the changed excise policy.
