A Delhi Court on Monday once again extended the judicial custody of BRS leader K Kavitha till July 3 in a money laundering case related to the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam.
Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of Delhi Rouse Avenue Court extended the Custody of the BRS leader after she was produced before the court. The Court also issued a production warrant against K Kavitha after taking cognisance of a charge sheet against her in the case on May 29.
Meanwhile, other three accused in the same case, Prince, Arvind and Damodar were granted bail by the Rouse Avenue Court on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh.
A Delhi court had earlier rejected her bail plea in the case. The court observed that K Kavitha was instrumental in influencing witnesses and there was every likelihood of her continuing to do so if relief was granted.
The court added that the applicant can be, by no standards, said to be a vulnerable woman who could be made a scapegoat for committing the alleged offences. Rather, she is undoubtedly a well-educated and well-placed woman in society, the court continued.
BRS leader K Kavitha is in judicial custody in the two cases lodged by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the liquor policy case. K Kavitha, daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was arrested by the ED from her Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad on March 15. The BRS leader was also subsequently arrested by the CBI from Tihar Jail.
The investigation agency has claimed that K Kavitha along with the AAP leaders conspired to benefit from the liquor business. The probe agency has flagged loopholes in the liquor policy and alleged kickbacks totalling Rs 100 crore from a group known as the South Group, of which Kavitha was allegedly a part, were exchanged.