Days after arresting BRS leader K Kavitha in the Delhi liquor policy case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told the court that some ‘high profile’ arrests were in the offing in the alleged money laundering in the aforementioned case.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) claimed K Kavitha conspired with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other AAP leaders. The federal probe agency also alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party was paid Rs 100 crore by Kavitha.
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"Probe found that Ms K Kavitha along with others conspired with the top leaders of AAP including Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia for getting favours in the Delhi excise policy-formulation and implementation," NDTV reported citing a statement by ED.
"In exchange of these favours, she was involved in paying ₹ 100 crore to the leaders of AAP," it added.
The AAP, however, refuted all the charges against Kejriwal claiming it an attempt to malign the latter’s image in the view of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in the country.
"On earlier occasions too, ED has released such blatantly false and frivolous statements which show that instead of being a neutral investigative agency, it is working like a political wing of BJP," AAP said in a statement.
The party also alleged the probe agency wasn’t able to recover any money despite conducting raids at over 500 locations in the case. "ED's statement, which presents no new fact or evidence, speaks volumes of its frustration since they have not recovered a single rupee or piece of evidence in this case, despite carrying out over 500 raids and questioning thousands of witnesses," it added.
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Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha was on Friday arrested by the ED after hours-long raid at her premises in Hyderabad. She was brought to Delhi for further questioning in the case.
The court granted ED Kavitha’s custody for questioning till March 23. She, however, moved the Supreme Court against her arrest.