Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha has submitted a request to the Rouse Avenue court, seeking permission from the Tihar Jail Administrator to receive home-cooked meals and mattresses in accordance with the court's order dated March 26, 2024.

The plea emphasized the vital necessity for the applicant's health, urging that she be permitted to have home-cooked meals and be provided with a mattress. K Kavitha further requested the jail superintendent at Tihar to allow her to bring her spectacles and japa mala into the jail premises.

As per the plea, the applicant also petitions for guidance from the authorities at Tihar to furnish essentials such as slippers, bedsheets, books, blankets, pens, sheets of paper, jewellery, medicine, and other necessities during her judicial custody.

Contrary to the order issued on March 26, 2024, none of the items specified by the Court were provided or permitted to be brought by the applicant. The plea highlights that the applicant hasn't even been allowed to bring her spectacles and japa mala into the jail premises.

Taking cognizance of the grievance, Special Judge Kaveri Baweja on Thursday requested a response from the Tihar Jail authorities and scheduled the matter for a hearing on March 30, 2024. Advocate Nitesh Rana, accompanied by Mohit Rao and Deepak Nagar, represented K Kavitha in the proceedings.

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha was remanded to judicial custody by the Rouse Avenue Court on April 9, 2024. She had been recently apprehended in relation to a money laundering case associated with the Delhi excise policy. The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) had arrested K Kavitha MLC, a member of the Telangana Legislative Council, on March 15, 2024, concerning the Delhi Liquor Policy Scam. On the same day, a search was conducted at K Kavitha's residence in Hyderabad. The ED stated that during the search proceedings, they faced obstruction from relatives and associates of K Kavitha.

The ED stated in its investigation that K Kavitha, along with others, conspired with top leaders of AAP, including Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, to receive benefits in the formulation and implementation of the Delhi Excise policy. As part of this arrangement, she was allegedly involved in paying ₹100 Crore to the AAP leaders in exchange for these favors.

"Through acts of corruption and conspiracy in the formulation and implementation of Delhi Excise Policy 2021-22, a continuous stream of illegal funds in the form of kickback, from the wholesalers was generated for the AAP. Further, K Kavitha and her associates were to recover the proceeds of crime paid in advance to AAP and to further generate profits/proceeds of crime from this entire conspiracy," stated ED.

To date, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted searches at 245 locations across the country, spanning cities like Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, and others. In connection with the case, 15 individuals, including Manish Sisodia, Sanjay Singh, and Vijay Nair from AAP, have been arrested. Additionally, the ED has filed one prosecution complaint and five supplementary complaints as part of their ongoing investigation into the matter.

Moreover, out of the proceeds of crime generated, assets amounting to ₹128.79 Crore have been traced thus far. These assets have been attached through Provisional Attachment Orders dated 24.01.2023 and 03.07.2023. It's noteworthy that both attachment orders have been confirmed by the Adjudicating Authority in New Delhi.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed its initial chargesheet in the case. The agency disclosed that it has conducted approximately 200 search operations related to this case, initiated after filing an FIR following a CBI investigation. The CBI case was registered based on the recommendation of the Delhi Lieutenant Governor.

The CBI inquiry was initiated based on the recommendations stemming from a report submitted by the Delhi Chief Secretary in July. The report highlighted prima facie violations of several statutes, including the GNCTD Act 1991, Transaction of Business Rules (ToBR) 1993, Delhi Excise Act 2009, and Delhi Excise Rules 2010. This led to the commencement of the investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Both the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have alleged that irregularities occurred during the modification of the excise policy. They claim that undue favors were granted to license holders, including waivers or reductions in license fees, and extensions of the L-1 license without proper approval from the competent authority. The beneficiaries allegedly diverted "illegal" gains to the accused officials and made false entries in their financial records to avoid detection, as stated by the investigating agencies.

According to the allegations, the Excise Department decided to refund an earnest money deposit of approximately ₹30 crore to a successful tenderer, contrary to established rules. Additionally, despite the absence of a specific provision, a waiver on tendered license fees was permitted from December 28, 2021, to January 27, 2022, citing COVID-19. The probe agency asserted that these actions led to an alleged loss of ₹144.36 crore to the exchequer.