A Delhi court on Monday refused to grant interim bail to Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for her alleged involvement in the Delhi excise policy case.
The order was pronounced by Special Judge (PC Act) Kaveri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Courts, who reserved the verdict on April 4.
Kavitha was arrested on March 15 from her Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad, hours after an ED team searched the premises and interrogated her. She is presently in judicial custody in Tihar Jail.
Earlier on March 26, the court sent Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha to judicial custody till April.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) produced Kavitha before the court on expiry of her ED remand.
The national agency requested the court to send Kavitha to judicial custody.
Earlier on March 23, Special CBI judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Court had extended till March 26, the custody of BRS leader K Kavitha, who was arrested by ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The national agency produced Kavitha before on expiry of her ED remand. The central probe agency sought remand extension of five days for the BRS leader.
ED had arrested Kavitha on March 15, hours after the Income Tax department and ED conducted searches at her Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad.
She was earlier remanded to ED custody till March 23.
Appearing for ED, Special Counsel Zoheb Hossain submitted that statements of four persons were taken and Kavitha was confronted with the said statements.
As per Hossain, the accused conspired in the payment of kickbacks of over Rs 100 crore.
He added that the data in Kavitha’s phone was also analysed and that she was confronted with forensic science report, which reflected there was deletion of data during ED investigation.
He further said that some of the details of business of Kavitha’s nephew were also sought, to which the BRS leader responded that she was not aware of the same.
Representing the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, Advocate Nitesh Rana submitted that ED was seeking certain documents from the BRS leader but it was not possible to provide the same till the time she was in the custody of the central probe agency