Delhi's Rouse Avenue court on Monday rejected the bail plea of BRS leader K Kavitha arrested in the now scrapped Delhi liquor policy case. Rouse Avenue Court's Special Judge Kaveri Baweja passed the order and rejected Kavitha's regular bail plea in the cases filed by both the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Significantly, Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha, now lodged in Tihar Jail following her arrest March 15 by the Enforcement Directorate on her alleged role in the Delhi excise policy case, was earlier also arrested by the CBI on April 11, which is also investigating the case.
Earlier, the CBI had informed the Delhi Court that the BRS leader, had 'threatened' Aurobindo Pharma promoter Sharath Chandra Reddy to pay Rs 25 crore to AAP for five retail zones allotted to his firm under the now scrapped excise policy.
The probing agency informed that Kavitha had threatened Sharath Chandra Reddy that if he fails to pay the said amount to the Aam Aadmi Party, his business in Telangana and Delhi will be harmed. It further alleged that Kavitha had assured Reddy that she had contacts in the Delhi government and that she would help him in the liquor business in the national capital under the now-scrapped excise policy.
"Kavitha further told Sharath Chandra Reddy that the payments of upfront money of Rs 25 crore for wholesale business and Rs 5 crore for each retail zone were to be made to the Aam Aadmi Party for getting liquor business and the same was to be paid to her associates, Arun R Pillai and Abhishek Boinpally, who would in turn coordinate with Vijay Nair, who was a representative of (Delhi Chief Minister) Arvind Kejriwal," the CBI told the court.
It is pertinent to note that Reddy, who was an accused in a money-laundering case linked to the alleged liquor scam in Delhi, had turned an approver in the case that is being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
