Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavita has been sent to 14-day judicial custody in connection with the alleged Delhi Excise Policy scam after her custody of the Enforcement Directorate ended on Tuesday. The BRS leader was sent to judicial custody until April 9.
Special Judge Kaveri Baweja passed the order after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) did not seek an extension of her custodial interrogation. The probe agency had moved an application before the court seeking an order to send Kavitha to judicial custody.
On March 16, the BRS leader was sent to seven-day ED custody, which was extended by three days last Saturday.
During the proceedings at Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court, Kavitha’s advocate, Nitesh Rana, sought interim bail on the grounds of her minor son’s exam but was countered by the council on ED.
ED stated before the court that during her remand period, they recorded her statement, interrogated her, and confronted her with several individuals and digital records, PTI reported.
The Case:
K. Kavitha, the MLC from Telangana and the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, was convicted in the Delhi Liquor Case. She was arrested on March 15 after a search operation was conducted at her residence in Hyderabad on the same day. For the following days, she was put into ED custody.
Earlier, the Supreme Court declined to consider K. Kavitha’s bail petition in the Delhi excise policy case, instructing her to approach the trial court and ensuring prompt consideration of her bail application.
The BRS MLC leader was accused of working together with AAP leaders such as Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia in the Delhi liquor case. She was alleged to have received benefits from the creation and execution of the Delhi Excise Policy, in return for which she gave Rs 100 crore to the AAP leaders.
“This is not a money laundering case but a political laundering case. It is a fabricated and false case. One accused has joined the BJP; the second accused is getting a BJP ticket; and the third accused has given 50 crore in electoral bonds. This is a political laundering case; we will come out clean,” Kavitha claimed in court earlier today.
