New Delhi. BRS leader K. Kavitha, arrested in the money laundering case related to the Delhi liquor policy scam, has once again received a setback from the Rouse Avenue Court. The court has extended K. Kavitha’s judicial custody till July 3. K. Kavitha’s judicial custody period was ending today, so she was produced in the court. K. Kavitha was arrested by the ED on March 15 and since then she is in Delhi’s Tihar Jail.
#WATCH Delhi: BRS leader K Kavtiha being brought out of Rouse Avenue Court. The court extended her judicial custody till July 3. pic.twitter.com/tquh0TIszf
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ED has accused K. Kavitha that she was associated with the liquor businessmen lobby ‘South Group’. Through this lobby, Kavitha had given Rs 100 crore as bribe to Aam Aadmi Party, a lot of which was used in the Goa assembly elections. Earlier on April 8, special judge Kaveri Baveja of Rouse Avenue Court had rejected Kavitha’s bail plea and said that this is not the right time to grant interim bail. The judge said that Kavitha cannot be called an ‘insecure’ woman who can be made a scapegoat. She is a highly educated woman and has a good position in the society. Prima facie, her efforts to destroy evidence in the liquor policy case show her ‘active participation’ in this case.
After this, Kavitha’s troubles increased further on 11 April when the CBI arrested Kavitha from ED custody after questioning her in the same case. Earlier, the CBI had filed an application in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court seeking permission to question Kavitha. On 5 April, the court had given permission to the CBI to question K. Kavitha in ED custody. After getting permission from the court, a team of CBI officials questioned Kavitha.