BRS legislative council member and party president KCR’s daughter Kalvakuntla Kavitha did not get any respite from her prolonged imprisonment, as the Delhi High Court on Monday rejected her bail plea in cases filed by both the CBI and the ED related to the Delhi Excise Policy.
Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma pronounced the order on Monday. Kavitha was arrested by the ED on March 15 in Hyderabad. Subsequently, the CBI took her into custody on April 11.
The CBI and the ED have claimed that she was involved in the exchange of bribes and the laundering of money in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy.
The trial court had earlier rejected Kavitha’s bail plea in both the CBI and ED cases on May 6.
The case against Kavitha and others originated in 2022 when a First Information Report (FIR) was registered by the CBI alleging that the Delhi Excise Policy of 2021-22 was manipulated to facilitate monopolization and cartelization of the wholesale and retail liquor trade in Delhi.
According to the CBI and ED, certain persons/groups from South India benefited from the process, and some of their profits were given to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which used the same to campaign for the Goa assembly elections.
Kavitha is one of several political leaders arrested in the case. The others accused include Delhi Chief Minister and AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal and AAP leaders such as Sanjay Singh (presently out on bail) and Manish Sisodia.