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New Delhi, May 29 (HS). Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court has taken cognizance of the ED's chargesheet filed against BRS leader K. Kavitha in the money laundering case related to the Delhi liquor scam. Special Judge Kaveri Baveja has issued a production warrant against K. Kavitha and ordered her to appear in court on June 03.
Apart from K. Kavitha, the court has also issued summons to Chanpreet Singh, Damodar Sharma, Prince Kumar and Arvind Singh to appear in the court. All these were made accused by the ED in its sixth supplementary charge sheet. On May 10, the ED filed the sixth supplementary charge sheet. On May 21, the court reserved the decision on the matter of taking cognizance of the sixth supplementary charge sheet.
It is noteworthy that ED had filed the seventh supplementary chargesheet on May 17, in which Aam Aadmi Party and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal have been made accused. So far 18 people have been arrested in this case. Those arrested include Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh, BRS leader K Kavita. Arvind Kejriwal is currently on interim bail till June 01, while Sanjay Singh has been granted regular bail by the Supreme Court.
After Arvind Kejriwal did not get protection from arrest from the Delhi High Court on March 21, the ED arrested Arvind Kejriwal late in the evening on March 21 after questioning him. The ED arrested Sanjay Singh on October 4 after questioning him at his official residence. The ED arrested Manish Sisodia from Tihar Jail in this case on March 9, 2023 after questioning him. Sisodia was earlier arrested by the CBI on February 26, 2023.