Arvind Kejriwal's arrest is linked to this pharma firm’s electoral bond donations to BJP: Report

On March 21, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was in the Delhi excise policy case after he skipped nine summons by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED). 

On March 15, K Kavitha, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was also over her alleged money laundering role in the same case.

On March 21, the day Kejriwal was arrested, Election Commission of India the details of political funding by individuals and corporates through now-scrapped Electoral bonds. The data has an uncanny connection with the Delhi Liquor Policy case as reported first by the The report is part of ‘Project Electoral Bond’, in which Scroll analysed Electoral Bonds Data in collaboration with the Newslaundry and the NewsMinute.

A pharma company whose director is K Kavitha’s co-accused, and who eventually turned to be an approver in the Liquor Policy case, donated ₹5 crore worth of to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The donations were made five days after he was arrested by the the ED, the .

Hyderabad-based businessman is one of the directors of Aurobindo Pharma Limited. The company was founded by Sarath Chandra Reddy's father PV Ram Prasad Reddy. ED arrested Sarath Chandra Reddy in connection with the liquor scam case on November 10, 2022.  Reddy is the non-executive director of the firm.

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And on November 15, his company Aurobindo Pharma bought electoral bonds worth ₹5 crore, the report says. All the bonds were encashed by the BJP on November 21, 2022, according to the details in the State Bank of India-provided data released by the Election Commission on Thursday.

Seven months after his arrest by ED, Sarath Chandra Reddy decided in the case in June 2023. And in November