Overview

• BRS leader K Kavitha's interim bail plea was denied by a New Delhi court in connection with the Delhi excise policy-related money laundering case.
• The Enforcement Directorate alleged K Kavitha destroyed evidence and influenced witnesses, accusing her of being a key member of the 'South Group' involved in kickbacks.
• Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's personal assistant, Bibhav Kumar, is being questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in the same probe.
• K Kavitha was arrested on March 15 and has been in judicial custody since; her request for bail citing her son's exams was dismissed.
• The case involves allegations of kickbacks to AAP for a significant share of liquor licenses in the national capital.