ED summons K Kavitha in Delhi Excise policy case

Kalvakuntla Kavitha, a member of the Telangana Legislative Council from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), has received a summons from the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) to participate in the investigation related to the Delhi Excise policy scam case. Kavitha is required to appear before the ED on Tuesday. This summon follows a previous one issued in September last year and another in March, both related to the Delhi liquor policy case. In December 2022, Kavitha was questioned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the same case.

Furthermore, on January 13, the ED issued a fourth summon to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering probe connected to irregularities in the Delhi excise policy 2021-22 case, asking him to join the investigation on January 18. This comes after Kejriwal skipped the third summon last week. He has termed the summons as “illegal and politically motivated” and has not appeared before the ED on three occasions, including on January 3, November 2, and December 22. The ED aims to record Kejriwal’s statement regarding the formulation of the policy, pre-finalization meetings, and bribery allegations. In the ongoing case, the ED has filed five charge sheets, including against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia.