CBI charge sheet: K Kavitha facilitated illegal funds for AAP Goa campaign

New Delhi: BRS MLC K Kavitha has been accused by the CBI of collecting upfront payments in the Delhi excise policy scam and facilitating the transfer of “ill-gotten money” to Goa in 2021-22 for the Aam Aadmi Party’s election campaign. Kavitha, daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, is allegedly part of a conspiracy involving a liquor cartel called “South Group” and AAP leaders, where kickbacks of Rs 100 crore were exchanged for liquor licenses. The CBI alleges that a significant portion of the money was used by AAP for the Goa assembly election campaign.

Furthermore, the CBI has traced the alleged money trail during the excise scam, implicating Kavitha’s associates Abhishek Boinpally and PA Ashok Kaushik in the transfer of funds to Goa using hawala channels. The agency has also relied on confession statements and bank records to establish the flow of money. Kavitha, who was arrested in March, remains in custody as the investigations continue.