BRS’s K Kavitha withdraws petition challenging probe agency’s summons

BRS leader K Kavitha withdrew the petition challenging the ED summons from the Supreme Court.

New Delhi:

BRS leader K Kavitha today withdrew her petition challenging the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) from the Supreme Court.

BRS leader K Kavitha, lawyer, submitted to the bench headed by Justice Bela M Trivedi that they were withdrawing her petition challenging the ED summons.

However, Ms Kavitha on Monday moved the Supreme Court challenging her arrest, which is currently pending in the Supreme Court. In her petition, K Kavitha also challenged her remand and said the remand order was inconsistent with Article 141, which states that the law declared by the Supreme Court is binding on all courts in India. In his plea, K Kavitha also challenged Section 19 (1) of the PMLA Act.

Earlier, the Enforcement Directorate on Monday alleged that BRS MLC K Kavitha allegedly conspired with top Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, to gain benefits in the formulation and implementation of Delhi’s excise tax policy and was involved in the payment of Fees to provide Rs 100 crore to AAP leaders in exchange for these concessions

The ED’s allegation comes three days after it arrested Telangana Legislative Council MLC Ms Kavitha in connection with the Delhi liquor policy scam.

Ms. Kavitha was arrested by the ED team on March 15. As of March 23, the ED was conducting custodial interrogation of Ms. Kavitha for seven days. On the same day, she was arrested following a search operation at Ms. Kavitha’s residence in Hyderabad.

Education board officials said they were obstructed by relatives and colleagues of Ms. Kavitha during the search.

“ED investigation revealed that K Kavitha and others allegedly conspired with top AAP leaders, including Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, to gain benefits in the formulation and implementation of Delhi’s excise policy,” ED claimed in a statement.

“In exchange for these favors, she was involved in paying Rs 100 crore to AAP leaders. Through corrupt and conspiratorial practices in the formulation and implementation of Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22, illegal funds were flowing in in the form of: from wholesalers The kickback is generated for AAP,” it added.

So far, the ED has conducted searches at 245 locations across the country, including Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai and other places.

A total of 15 people have been arrested in the case so far, including AAP’s Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh and Vijay Nair.

The Education Department has so far filed one prosecution complaint and five supplementary complaints in this case.

“Furthermore, out of the proceeds of crime, assets worth Rs 128.79 crore have been traced so far and have been attached under interim attachment orders dated January 24, 2023 and July 3, 2023. Both seizures The orders have been confirmed by the adjudicating authority., New Delhi,” the education ministry claimed.

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