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NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday extended the judicial custody of BRS leader K Kavitha till April 23 in a money laundering case related to the excise policy.
The CBI produced the BRS leader before the court on the expiry of her three-day police custody granted earlier by the judge and sought her judicial custody.
K Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was taken by the CBI on Thursday from Tihar jail, where she was being held following her arrest by the Enforcement Directorate.
The CBI has accused Kavitha as a key ‘conspirator’ in the liquor policy case and also asserted that she is withholding crucial information.
“Kavitha examined earlier in this case but in light of evidence unearthed in the investigation…Role of statements revealed that she is one of the key conspirators in the excise policy. She didn’t join investigation citing unjustified ground and hence she could not be examined…During her interrogation, she didn’t give satisfactory replies regarding her role…She needs to be confronted with evidence to unearth the larger conspiracy concerning the liquor policy,” the CBI counsel told the court.
She was taken into custody by the central probe agency on March 15, accused of being a prominent member of the “South Group.” This group allegedly paid the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi kickbacks amounting to Rs 100 crore in exchange for a significant portion of liquor licenses in the national capital.
The 46-year-old leader was arrested at her residence in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, on March 15.
The CBI produced the BRS leader before the court on the expiry of her three-day police custody granted earlier by the judge and sought her judicial custody.
K Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was taken by the CBI on Thursday from Tihar jail, where she was being held following her arrest by the Enforcement Directorate.
The CBI has accused Kavitha as a key ‘conspirator’ in the liquor policy case and also asserted that she is withholding crucial information.
“Kavitha examined earlier in this case but in light of evidence unearthed in the investigation…Role of statements revealed that she is one of the key conspirators in the excise policy. She didn’t join investigation citing unjustified ground and hence she could not be examined…During her interrogation, she didn’t give satisfactory replies regarding her role…She needs to be confronted with evidence to unearth the larger conspiracy concerning the liquor policy,” the CBI counsel told the court.
She was taken into custody by the central probe agency on March 15, accused of being a prominent member of the “South Group.” This group allegedly paid the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi kickbacks amounting to Rs 100 crore in exchange for a significant portion of liquor licenses in the national capital.
The 46-year-old leader was arrested at her residence in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, on March 15.
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