Excise policy: Delhi court reserves order on whether to take cognisance of ED chargesheet against Kavitha
New Delhi: A special court on Tuesday reserved its order on whether to take cognisance of a supplementary charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) naming Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha as an accused in an excise policy-linked money laundering case and is likely to pronounce the order on May 31.
Court took note of ED’s claim that it has sufficient material to prosecute BRS leader Kavitha
Special Judge Kaveri Baweja reserved the order after taking note of the claim of the ED that it has sufficient material to prosecute her.
The ED also told the special court that it has adequate evidence against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is currently out on interim bail for election campaigning in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, to prosecute him in the money laundering case.
Court to consider on May 28 chargesheet naming Kejriwal, AAP as an accused
The special court fixed May 28 for considering the supplementary charge sheet naming Kejriwal and his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as an accused.
The ED filed a fresh prosecution complaint (chargesheet) last week before the special court naming Kejriwal and AAP as accused in the excise policy-linked money laundering case.
ED arrested Kejriwal in the excise policy-linked money laundering case on March 21 and he was granted interim bail by the Supreme Court from May 10 to June 1 for campaigning in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The apex court directed him to surrender on June 2.
Earlier, the ED filed a supplementary chargesheet naming Kavitha and four others in the excise policy-linked money laundering case.
Kavitha is also an accused in the corruption case lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the alleged excise policy scam.
ED arrested Kavitha in the money laundering case from her Hyderabad house on March 15 and later she was arrested by the CBI in the corruption case from Tihar Jail on April 11.
What are the allegations against Kejriwal, Kavitha
The central investigating agencies have alleged that the Delhi Chief Minister was the “kingpin and key conspirator” of the alleged excise policy scam and BRS leader Kavitha was “one of the kingpins, a key conspirator and beneficiary of the Delhi excise policy scam” and a key member of the “South Group”, which allegedly paid a bribe of Rs 100 crore to the ruling AAP in the national capital in exchange for a big share of liquor licences in Delhi.