PEOPLE BEING FORCED TO WITHDRAW STATEMENTS IN DELHI LIQUOR POLICY CASE: ED
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday claimed that "powerful people" were coercing others to withdraw statements in the Delhi liquor policy case. The counsel for the ED informed Delhi's Rouse Avenue court that the agency received requests to withdraw statements in the case on "completely frivolous grounds".
The ED's submission came during a hearing of a bail plea filed by BRS leader K Kavitha, who was arrested in a money laundering case linked to the Delhi liquor policy case. The court on Wednesday reserved its order on the plea and will pronounce the order on May 6.Â
During the hearing today, Enforcement Directorate alleged that K Kavitha was neck-deep in the conspiracy associated with the scam.
ED's counsel, advocate Zoheb Hossain, called it a case where powerful people were coercing others to withdraw their statements. Â The statement was made in reference to Kavitha's co-accused, Arun Pillai, alleging that Kavitha coerced him to retract his statement right when she was to be confronted with him.
He argued that K Kavitha influenced a witness and a co-accused who was divulging crucial information.
Referring to the Delhi excise policy case and K Kavitha's alleged involvement in the same, ED's counsel argued that witnesses were influenced and evidence was destroyed in the case.
ED's counsel further contended that K Kavitha deleted the contents from her mobile phones.Â
On claims by K Kavitha's lawyers that the Enforcement Directorate arrested her despite assuring the Supreme Court against the same, the counsel told Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court that there was no breach of undertaking on the part of the probe agency.
Advocate Zoheb Hossain said that the undertaking given by the Enforcement Directorate before the Supreme Court, in September last year, was only to not send her summons for the next 10 days, and that the undertaking given was honoured and kept by the agency.
BRS leader K Kavitha is presently in judicial custody after arrest in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case. The case is being probed by both the ED and the CBI. Orders on her pleas seeking bail in both cases stand reserved.
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