The Supreme Court dismissed BRS leader K. Kavitha’s bail plea in the Delhi liquor policy scam case and directed her to approach the trial court. The court has however issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate and sought the agency's response on Kavitha’s plea challenging her arrest in the money laundering case.
Hearing the plea, A special bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna, M.M. Sundresh and Bela Trivedi refused to grant bail to the BRS leader and asked her to approach the trial court. The apex court however directed the trial court to hear the bail plea expeditiously once filed.
Telangana MLC K. Kavitha, daughter of former Telangana CM K. Chandrashekar Rao was arrested by ED in connection with the now scrapped Delhi liquor policy case on March 15. According to the ED probe, Kavitha was part of the southern group which illegally benefitted from the scrapped policy.
The agency alleged Kavitha was a part of liquor cartel 'South Group' which paid kickbacks of Rs 100 crore to Delhi's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in return for favours under the now-scrapped excise policy for 2021-22. Kavitha had filed a plea with the Supreme Court earlier challenging provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.