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Supreme Court to hear BRS leader K Kavitha’s plea after three weeks against ED summons in Delhi excise policy case

The BRS leader's plea was against issuance of summons in a money laundering case arising out of the Delhi excise policy scam.

BRS leader K Kavitha

The Supreme Court Monday stated that it will hear BRS leader K Kavitha’s plea against the Enforcement Directorate summons in the Delhi excise policy case after three weeks.

The BRS leader’s plea was against issuance of summons in a money laundering case arising out of the Delhi excise policy scam.

The 44-year-old MLC, who is also the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, has already had three depositions before the federal probe agency.

She spent around 18-19 hours at the ED headquarters in central Delhi during her two appearances on March 11 and March 20. On March 21, she exited the agency office around 9:15 pm after she was questioned and her statement was recorded as investigators, as per sources, put across around a dozen questions to her.

It is alleged that the Delhi government’s excise policy for 2021-22 to grant licences to liquor traders favoured dealers who had bribed government officials, a charge strongly refuted by the AAP. The policy was subsequently scrapped and the Delhi lieutenant governor recommended a CBI probe, following which the ED registered the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).