A video circulating on social media has ignited controversy as it shows leaders from the BRS party and KTR Rao, son of KCR, allegedly intimidating Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials while detaining party leader K Kavitha at her residence.#WATCH | Visuals from inside the residence of BRS MLC K Kavitha a heated exchange of words going on between ED and BRS leader KTR Rao.K Kavitha is being brought to Delhi by ED she will be further questioned.(Video Source: BRS worker) pic.twitter.com/3EUTKDA9Ow— ANI (@ANI) March 15, 2024The ED took action on Friday by arresting K Kavitha in Hyderabad. Several media reports disclosed that she is being transported to Delhi for questioning in connection with a money laundering probe related to the Delhi excise policy scam case. Former Telangana minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy, a leader of the BRS party, confirmed Kavithas arrest.#WATCH | Hyderabad, Telangana | On the arrest of BRS MLC K Kavitha, party leader Ravula Sridhar Reddy says, They have taken her away from here, ED has taken her from here. The case is sub-judice, posted before the court on 19th March...K Kavitha has also responded to the summons… pic.twitter.com/9WK4lwbVD4— ANI (@ANI) March 15, 2024ED conducts raid at Kavithas residenceEarlier in the day, the ED conducted a raid at Kavithas residence before her arrest. Over the past year, she had been questioned three times regarding this case, with her statements recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).#WATCH | Hyderabad, Telangana | BRS MLC K Kavitha brought to airport by ED.She has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and is being brought to Delhi where she will be further questioned in connection with the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case. pic.twitter.com/nvN69Sw44c— ANI (@ANI) March 15, 2024Notably, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had also interrogated Kavitha regarding this matter. The ED initiated a money laundering case based on the FIR filed by the CBI.The arrest order issued indicates that the agency has substantial grounds to suspect Kavithas involvement in an offense punishable under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.The Enforcement Directorate alleges that Kavitha was part of a South Group lobby of liquor traders aiming to influence the now-defunct Delhi excise policy for 2021-22. The ED had previously revealed that the South Group allegedly provided kickbacks amounting to Rs 100 crore to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders.
