A Delhi court on Saturday extended the Enforcement Directorate custody of BRS leader K Kavitha, accused in the Delhi excise policy ‘scam case’, till March 26. The ED had sought a five-day extension.
The BRS leader’s counsel filed a bail plea in court, a day after the Supreme Court asked her to approach a trial court for bail in the case.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has accused Kavitha, daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, of being a pivotal figure in the ‘South Group.’ This group allegedly paid kickbacks of Rs 100 crore to the AAP in exchange for a significant portion of liquor licenses in Delhi.
Following her presentation in court, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) said that Kavitha was confronted with statements from four individuals and a forensic report detailing data extracted from her phone.
The probe agency also told the court that raids were being conducted at the house of her nephew in Hyderabad.
Kavitha, 46, a Telangana Legislative Council member, was arrested by the central probe agency from her residence at Banjara Hills in Hyderabad on March 15.
On Thursday, Kejriwal was arrested by the ED in connection with the Delhi excise policy ‘scam’.
Shortly before Kejriwal’s arrest, the Election Commission released electoral bond data revealing that a company associated with another individual implicated in the same case, P Sarath Chandra Reddy, had contributed Rs 5 crore to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2022, just five days after Reddy’s arrest. An additional Rs 25 crore was donated to the BJP after Reddy became an approver in the case.