The Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
HC seeks ED response on BRS leader’s bail plea in excise policy
The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Enforcement Directorate to respond to the bail plea by Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS) MLC K. Kavitha in a money laundering case in connection with the nowscrapped excise policy.
Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma has now posted the matter for further hearing on May 24.
The daughter of BRS president and former Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao was arrested from her residence in Hyderabad on March 15 on charges of being a part of the ‘South Group’ that allegedly paid ₹100 crore to the AAP government in
Delhi for altering the liquor policy of the Delhi government to suit their business needs.
High pro t margin
It was alleged that the policy had extended an extraordinarily high prot margin of 12% for wholesalers and almost 185% prot margin for retailers.
Meanwhile, the ED on Friday led a prosecution complaint against Ms. Kavitha and four other accused persons in connection with the scam. This is the seventh prosecution complaint in the case.
The others have been identied as Damodar Sharma, Prince Kumar, and Chanpreet Singh, the employees of Chariot Productions Media, which had allegedly handled the Aam Aadmi Party’s 2022 State Assembly election campaign in Goa; and Arvind Singh, a former employee of India Ahead news channel.
The ED is likely to le a separate prosecution complaint against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in about a week.