Delhi Liquor Policy Case: ED Summons BRS Leader K Kavitha For Questioning Again

K Kavitha, who is a member of the Telangana Legislative Council, has been asked to appear before ED on Tuesday.

File photo of BRS leader Kalvakuntla Kavitha

Source : PTI

New Delhi: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Kalvakuntla Kavitha has been summoned to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the money laundering case related to the Delhi Excise Policy case.

K Kavitha, who is a member of the Telangana Legislative Council, has been asked to appear before ED on Tuesday, reported ANI.

BRS leader K Kavitha has been summoned to appear before the ED tomorrow. She has been summoned in connection with the Delhi Excise policy scam case.

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— ANI (@ANI) January 15, 2024

Last year in September and March, the ED issued a summon to K Kavitha in connection with the probe into the Delhi liquor policy case.

She was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the same case in December 2022.

According to the ED, Kavitha is also one of the representatives of South Group in the excise policy case, reported IANS.

 

During her first appearance, she was reportedly confronted with Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Pillai, who had represented the South Group which allegedly gave kickbacks of Rs 100 crore to AAP leaders allegedly used during the Goa Assembly polls.

 

Pillai has reportedly said that he was Kavitha's associate, the IANS report added.

ED has also summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for questioning for the fourth time. He has been summoned to testify before the investigation agency on January 18.

This comes after Arvind Kejriwal missed an interrogation on January 3, claiming that the summons issued by the ED were unlawful and that the only goal was to arrest him.

Kejriwal has previously cited Rajya Sabha elections, Republic Day festivities, and the Enforcement Directorate's 'non-disclosure' and 'non-response' approach as grounds for not appearing for interrogation before the probe agency.

CM Kejriwal, also the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) president, has previously declined to appear before the investigative agency on November 2 and December 21.

In April, the AAP chief was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation in connection with the matter, but he was not charged.

Former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia was detained in February in connection with the matter, while AAP Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh was arrested in October.