Delhi liquor scam case
A major revelation has been made in the ED’s supplementary charge sheet against K Kavitha and others in the excise scam. According to the charge sheet, the total proceeds of crime in this scam was Rs 1100 crore, out of which ED has given details of Rs 292.8 crore in its charge sheet. In the charge sheet, ED revealed that 9 phones were destroyed and one phone was given to ED for investigation whose data was found deleted. According to the ED charge sheet, the change made in the liquor policy, increasing the profit margin to 12%, caused a direct loss of Rs 581 crore to the government.
A room worth Rs 10 lakh was booked for Kavita
ED also revealed that Charanjit Singh had booked a room worth Rs 10 lakh in a five star hotel for K Kavita. K Kavita conspired with other members of South Group and Sameer Mahendru to form MS Indo Spirit Company which was used for proceeds of crime. As part of the conspiracy, MS Indo Spirit was given L1 wholesale license, in return for which K Kavita and South Group gave a kickback of Rs 100 crore. Due to which MS Indo Spirit got a profit of 12% on liquor from the new excise policy of Rs 192.8 crore which was a part of the proceeds of crime.
K Kavitha formed a new liquor policy in collaboration with AAP
K Kavitha had conspired with Arun, Abhishek, Buchchi Babu and Aam Aadmi Party leaders to formulate a new liquor policy. The ED said that K Kavitha has also been accused of conspiring with the ‘South Group’ to pay Rs 100 crore to Delhi’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party in exchange for liquor licenses.
In a fresh 177-page chargesheet filed on Monday afternoon, for K Kavitha, the ED said the BRS leader was asked if he had formatted any of these devices or deleted any data, to which the agency said he replied in the negative.
Kavita is a very powerful woman
The CBI argued that K Kavitha is “not just a woman, but a very influential woman”, and pointed to claims that she had previously threatened a witness. The ED stressed that the BRS leader is a co-conspirator and beneficiary of the alleged scam, and claimed that the proceeds of crime were going directly to her. They said releasing her would affect the investigation into the “deep, multi-layered conspiracy”. K Kavitha was arrested from her house in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad on March 15.
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