Delhi excise policy case: The Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi has prolonged BRS leader K Kavitha’s ED remand till March 26 (Tuesday). As the BRS leader was being produced within the court docket in the present day (March 23) she alleged that her arrest is prohibited, including that she goes to battle it out in court docket.
Kavitha informed media, “This is an illegal arrest. We are going to fight it out in court. It is a political case, a fabricated case, a false case. We are fighting it out. There is nothing new, they are asking the same things again and again.”
“Why so many arrest during election time. political arrest. ECI should intervene,” she added after the decision was learn out.
The BRS leader was produced earlier than the Special Judge in reference to the Delhi Excise Policy case, as her ED custody ended in the present day. The ED had moved an software searching for an extension of K Kavitha’s remand for one more 5 days. The nationwide probe company whereas searching for additional 5 days’ remand of the BRS leader knowledgeable the court docket that searches are underway on the latter’s nephew Mekha Saran’s residence.
Earlier on Friday, the Supreme Court refused to entertain K Kavitha’s bail plea within the Delhi excise policy case and requested her to maneuver the trial court docket with the course that if the bail software filed will probably be determined expeditiously. A bench of justices Sanjiv Khanna, MM Sundresh and Bela M Trivedi remarked that it has to comply with a uniform policy for all and might’t enable folks to method the highest court docket instantly for bail as they’re political folks. The court docket stated that BRS leader K Kavitha might transfer the trial court docket or invoke another treatment for the grant of bail. The court docket directed that if a bail software is filed then it must be determined expeditiously.
K Kavitha, by way of her advocate P Mohith Rao, moved the Supreme Court on Monday (March 18) difficult her arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a cash laundering case referring to Delhi excise policy irregularities. Kavitha, who was arrested by an ED workforce on March 15, is in ED’s custodial interrogation for seven days till in the present day. She was arrested after a search operation carried out at Kavitha’s residence in Hyderabad on the identical day.
Kavitha challenged ED remand
The BRS leader in her petition has additionally challenged her remand as nicely and stated the remand order would not adhere to Article 141 which states that the legislation declared by the Supreme Court shall be binding on all courts throughout the territory of India. K Kavitha in her plea additionally challenged part 19 (1) of the PMLA Act. Earlier, the Enforcement Directorate claimed on Monday that BRS MLC K Kavitha allegedly conspired with the highest leaders of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) together with Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia to get favours within the Delhi Excise policy formulation and implementation, and she or he was concerned in paying Rs 100 crore to the AAP leaders in change for these favours.ED’s claims got here three days after it arrested Kavitha, MLC of Telangana Legislative Council, within the alleged case of Delhi Liquor Policy Scam.
Arrest from Hyderabad
Kavitha was arrested after a search operation carried out at Kavitha’s residence in Hyderabad on the identical day. During the search proceedings, the ED officers stated they had been obstructed by the family and associates of Kavitha.
“ED investigation revealed that K Kavitha along with others allegedly conspired with the top leaders of AAP including Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia for getting favours in the Delhi Excise policy formulation and implementation,” ED claimed in a press release.
“In exchange for these favours, she was involved in paying Rs 100 crore to the leaders of AAP. 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 added.
Meanwhile, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was on Friday remanded to the custody of the Enforcement Directorate for seven days, i.e., till March 28, a day after he was arrested by the probe company in reference to the Delhi Excise Policy case.
Two senior AAP leaders, Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh, are in judicial custody within the excise policy case. Sisodia, who was the then Delhi Deputy Chief Minister, was arrested by the CBI on February 26 following a number of rounds of questioning. On October 5, ED arrested Sanjay Singh, who’s a Rajya Sabha member.
(With inputs from Avinash Tiwari)
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