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Delhi Excise Policy: Court Rejects BRS Leader K Kavitha’s Bail Plea

BRS leader K. Kavitha was granted bail on Monday by Rouse Avenue in Delhi. The charges were filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate for purported anomalies in the creation and execution of the now-canceled Delhi liquor excise policy 2021–2022. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) detained K. Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, on March 15 and remanded her to the custody of the CBI until March 23. She was then taken into custody by the CBI on April 11 and held at Tihar prison. The BRS leader had requested temporary parole because her son had an exam, and a Delhi court had already set aside its decision to consider her request until April 9.

In addition to K Kavitha, the Delhi liquor policy case has resulted in the arrests of other liquor businesses, including former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, party associate Arvind Kejriwal, and others by the Enforcement Department. On March 21, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) detained Arvind Kejriwal in connection with a money laundering investigation about purported anomalies in the policy. Arvind Kejriwal’s request for prison release was denied by the Delhi High Court on April 9, dismissing his claim of political retaliation in light of the impending Lok Sabha elections.

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y consider hearing arguments on May 7 on the interim bail of Arvind Kejriwal because of the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha elections. On April 23, a Delhi court extended the judicial custody of Kejriwal, K. Kavitha, and Aam Aadmi Party’s alleged fund manager for Goa elections, Chanpreet Singh, till May 7 about the money laundering case associated with the subsequently canceled Delhi excise policy. The Rouse Avenue court also prolonged K. Kavitha’s judicial custody until May 7 in the CBI case related to the policy’s cancellation.

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