New Delhi : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a supplementary prosecution complaint against K Kavitha case in the Excise Policy money laundering case in Rouse Avenue Court Delhi on Friday.
The chargesheet has been filed against BRS Leader K Kavitha and include the names of Chanpreet Singh, Damodar Sharma, Prince Kumar and Arvind Singh. The chargesheet containing 224 pages (operative parts) from ED sources.
It is the sixth supplementary chargesheet in the excise policy case which is being investigated by the ED. The court will take up this chargesheet on May 13, 2024.
Earlier today, the Delhi High Court issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate on Friday regarding a bail plea moved by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Leader K Kavitha in the money laundering case pertaining to the scrapped excise policy of Delhi.
K Kavitha has also moved a bail plea in the Delhi High Court in the CBI case, which is most likely to come for hearing on Monday. Recently, the trial court refused to grant bail to her in both cases and fixed May 24, 2024 for detailed arguments in the matter.
The plea moved by K Kavitha stated that she is the mother of two children, one of whom is minor presently under shock and is undergoing medical supervision. Kavitha, in her fresh bail plea, alleges that there have been attempts to drag her in the scandal by the members of the ruling party at the Centre.
Kavitha, through a bail plea, submitted that the entire case of the Enforcement Directorate hinges upon statements made by the approver, witnesses or co-accused under Section 50 of the PMLA. The prosecution complaints do not provide a single document that corroborates the statements. “There is not a single piece of evidence that points to the guilt of the applicant.”.
She further stated that as the arrest of the Applicant is illegal as section 19 of PMLA has not been complied with.
Neither the allegation of the actual cash transaction nor any money trail is forthcoming, therefore, the satisfaction of guilt as expressed in his arrest order is merely a sham and a pretence, she stated.
On May 6, the Rouse Avenue Court of Delhi dismissed the bail petitions moved by Bharatiya Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha in connection with CBI and ED cases related to the Excise Policy case.
BRS leader K Kavitha was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 15, 2024 and by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on April 11, 2024.
The ED and the CBI had alleged that irregularities were committed while modifying the excise policy, undue favours were extended to licence holders, the licence fee was waived or reduced and the L-1 licence was extended without the competent authority’s approval.
The beneficiaries diverted “illegal” gains to the accused officials and made false entries in their books of account to evade detection, the probe agencies said.
As per the allegations, the Excise Department had decided to refund the money deposit of about Rs 30 crore to a successful tenderer against the set rules.