K Kavitha, the leader of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), is accused by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of manipulating and adjusting the Delhi Excise Policy in her chargesheet.
According to the CBI, Ms. Kavitha’s involvement in the inquiry has come to light not just in the upfront money collection but also in the movement of illicit funds to Goa via the Hawala channel.
It has come to light that her co-accused collaborators, PA Ashok Kaushik and Abhishek Boinpally, were complicit in the Hawala channel money transfer of illicit proceeds to Goa.
It has been revealed that the accused Arvind Kumar Singh, who was posted and functioning as Production Controller-Cum-Commercial Head of India Ahead News, owned by the accused Mootha Gautham and Abhishek Boinpally, the co-accused associate of the accused K Kavitha, has acted as a conduit of the accused persons of the South Group and played a major role in transfer of ill-gotten money of ₹ 7.10 crore to Goa from Delhi through Hawala Channel.
The CBI’s Supplementary Chargesheet against BRS leader K Kavitha in the Delhi Excise Policy case was accepted by the Rouse Avenue Court on Monday.
Following her review of the supplemental charge sheet, special judge Kaveri Baweja ordered Kavitha to appear in court via video conference on July 26.
The court has ordered us to give the attorneys for Kavitha and others a copy of the supplemental charge sheet.
The subject has been scheduled for document review on the following hearing date.
On July 8, the court postponed making a decision regarding the charge sheet’s recognition (this is the case’s third supplemental charge sheet).
Attorney DP Singh had stated that the offence has already been recognised. We are aware that South Group had an influence on the policy that was established. Everyone who was important to the organisation was under Kavitha’s supervision.
He also read over the statements of TDP MP Magunta S Reddy, who met Delhi CM Kejriwal on March 16, 2021. His son, Raghav Magunta, also confirmed this.
He also submitted that there is a list of statements we are relying upon, including Sarath Reddy, Gopi Kumaran and Raghav Magunta. There are many people who will ultimately speak against Kavitha.
cognizance of the offence is already taken, this charge sheet is only for the limited purpose of consideration and summoning of this accused, DP Singh said.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a charge sheet against BRS leader K Kavitha in the Delhi Excise Policy case on June 6. This is the third supplementary charge sheet filed by the CBI in the Delhi Excise Policy case.
Kavitha is in judicial custody in both CBI and ED cases. She was first arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 15. Thereafter, she was arrested by the CBI on April 11.
Leader of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), K Kavitha, filed bail petitions in CBI and ED charges pertaining to the Excise Policy matter, but they were denied by the Delhi High Court on July 1.
In her petition, Kavitha said that she is a mother of two children, one of which is a juvenile who is receiving medical monitoring while in shock. In her most recent bail request, Kavitha claims that members of the ruling party at the Centre have made attempts to include her in the issue.
Through her bail request, she argued that the approver, witnesses, or co-accused’s testimonies under Section 50 of the PMLA constitute the basis of the Enforcement Directorate’s entire case. There is not a single document presented in the prosecution complaints that supports the claims. Not a single piece of evidence suggests that the petitioner is guilty.
She further stated that the arrest of the applicant is illegal as Section 19 of the PMLA has not been complied with.
She said that as no party has provided evidence to support the claim of the real cash transaction nor is there a money trail, the admission of guilt indicated in his arrest warrant is only a pretence and a fake.
The CBI and the ED had claimed that improper actions were taken when changing the excise policy, that licence holders received undue benefits, that the licencing fee was lowered or waived, and that the L-1 licence was extended without the consent of the appropriate authority.
The investigating agencies claimed that in order to avoid being discovered, the recipients made fraudulent entries in their books of account and transferred “illegal” income to the accused officials.
According to the accusations, the Excise Department chose to break the regulations by returning the roughly ₹ 30 crore earnest money deposit to the victorious tenderer.
The investigation agency claimed that despite the lack of an enabling provision, COVID-19 caused a waiver on tendering licence fees to be granted from December 28, 2021, to January 27, 2022, and that as a result, the exchequer may have lost ₹ 144.36 crore.
