A Delhi Court on Tuesday extended the judicial custody of BRS leader K Kavitha till April 23 in the money laundering case in connection with the Delhi Excise policy.
The matter was heard at the court by Special CBI Judge Kaveri Baweja.
While leaving the court room, the BRS leader said that it’s a case based on statements and it won’t stand the test of time.
#WATCH | Delhi: BRS MLC K Kavitha says, “This is a case completely based on the statement. It is a political case. This is a case of targeting the opposition parties. CBI has already recorded my statement in jail.” pic.twitter.com/IYwwdEPgeH— ANI (@ANI) April 9, 2024
On Monday, the court denied interim bail to Kavitha in connection to the case after he had requested for the same on the grounds that her 16-year-old son has exams. She had claimed that he needs his mother’s “moral and emotional support”.
Senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Kavitha, had claimed that the perspective of a mother is not substitutable by father, sister or brother. Singhvi pointed at Section 45 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) which allows bail to woman-accused notwithstanding the bail conditions under PMLA, Bar and Bench reported.
Meanwhile, the Enforcement Directorate’s counsel, Zoheb Hossain said that the federal agency was about to come across a breakthrough in its probe and granting interim bail to the BRS leader will disrupt the investigation.
The BRS leader was arrested by the central probe agency on March 15. She has been accused of being a key member of the “South Group”, which allegedly paid the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi kickbacks of Rs 100 crore in return for a big share of liquor licenses in the national capital.
The 46-year old leader was arrested from her Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad on March 15.
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