‘K Kavitha paid Rs 100 crore to AAP leaders’, claims ED in Delhi liquor policy case

New Delhi: The ED had claimed that K Kavitha was associated with the ‘South Group’, a lobby of liquor traders. According to the ED, the lobby was trying to play a bigger role in the Delhi excise policy for 2021-22.

This policy has now been cancelled. Kavitha (46) was arrested by the central agency on the evening of March 15 from her residence in Banjara Hills area of Hyderabad and brought to Delhi.

The ED has now made serious allegations in the case of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha, arrested in a money laundering case related to excise policy.

The central agency has alleged that transactions worth Rs 100 crore have been done with Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, in which Kavitha has also been involved.

This has been revealed in the investigation of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). A Delhi court on March 16 sent Kavitha to custody till March 23 on the application of the ED.