BHARAT Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging her arrest in a money-laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy irregularities matter. Kavitha was arrested by the ED team on Friday in Hydrabad and was later brought to Delhi. Kavitha was arrested after a day-long questioning followed by a raid at her residence. BRS leader K Kavitha and some others “conspired” with top AAP leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, to get favours in Delhi Excise Policy by paying Rs 100 crore to the political party that rules Delhi, the ED alleged on Monday. Probe found, the ED claimed in a statement, that 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 Rs 100 crore to the leaders of AAP,” the agency said. 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 kickback from the wholesalers was generated for the AAP, it said. Earlier on March 16, the Rouse Avenue Court sent Kavitha to custodial remand until March 23, 2024. K. Kavitha was produced in the courtroom under heavy security in the presence of a number of media persons, lawyers and party workers.