Delhi Excise Policy Case: BRS Leader Kavitha Reaches ED Office For 3rd Round Of Questioning

BRS leader K Kavitha has reached the ED office for the third round of questioning today in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case.

Kavitha displayed a bag of phones to the media and her followers before going to the ED office

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Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter K Kavitha arrived at the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office on Tuesday in Delhi for the third round of questioning in the Delhi excise policy-related money laundering case.

Delhi: BRS MLC K Kavitha arrives at the ED office

ED yesterday questioned her for over 10 hours in connection with her alleged role in the Delhi liquor policy case. pic.twitter.com/M6yrqQWcfu

— ANI (@ANI) March 21, 2023

Kavitha displayed a bag of phones to the media and her followers before going to the ED office, claiming that this was the evidence she is going to present on Tuesday

These phones are submitted without prejudice to my right and contentions and larger contention whether a women's phone can be intruded, in the teeth of her right to privacy: BRS MLC K Kavitha in a letter to ED

— ANI (@ANI) March 21, 2023

On Monday, the ED questioned K Kavitha for around 10 hours after she came before the agency for a second round of interrogation.

Kavitha was first questioned in the Delhi Excise Policy Case on March 11 for almost nine hours before being summoned again on March 16. Kavitha missed the deposition last week, citing her ongoing petition before the Supreme Court for relief from the ED proceedings in the case. The ED dismissed her accusations and summoned her to testify on March 20. Her petition will be heard by the Supreme Court on March 24.

During her first appearance, she was reportedly confronted by Arun Pillai and her former auditor Butchibabu Gorantla. 

The ED claimed Pillai "represented the South Group," an alleged liquor cartel linked to Kavitha and others that paid kickbacks totaling around Rs 100 crore to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to gain a larger share of the market in the national capital under the now-canceled Delhi excise policy for 2020-21. 

Kavitha has maintained that she has never met former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the ED in connection with the case, claiming that her name was being unnecessarily dragged into the matter.

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