Delhi Court Dismisses BRS Leader K Kavitha’s Interim Bail Plea in Excise Policy Case

Delhi Court Dismisses BRS Leader K Kavitha’s Interim Bail Plea in Excise Policy Case

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha filed an interim bail application on Monday, but the Delhi Rouse Avenue Court denied it. The application was related to a money laundering case involving the now-canceled Delhi excise policy. The court is currently considering K Kavitha’s normal bail plea and the arguments are scheduled for April 20. On March 15, K Kavitha was taken into custody by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case from her Hyderabad home in Banjara Hills.

The daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, Kavitha, is facing allegations of being a prominent member of the “South Group,” which is said to have given the ruling Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi ₹100 crore in kickbacks in exchange for a significant portion of liquor licenses in the capital. Last Tuesday, she was placed under 14 days of judicial custody.

The BRS leader petitioned a Delhi court two days ago, pleading with it to revoke the decision for the Central Bureau of Investigation, or CBI, to question Kavitha in Tihar jail. This is the latest setback for Kavitha. In the excise policy case, the CBI is looking into the corruption angle. Nitesh Rana, Kavitha’s attorney, told the court that by requesting permission to question her “behind her back,” the CBI circumvented the legal system.

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“I have grave apprehension that the CBI may not have divulged true facts in order to obtain a favourable order from the court,” Rana stated. The CBI requested more time to respond to Kavitha’s plea, so the court heard the submission and scheduled a hearing for April 10. However, K Kavitha was not granted any temporary relief by Special Judge Kaveri Baweja in ED and CBI cases. Later, Rana informed the news agency that although the court had not remembered the order, the probe agency was required by judicial discipline to hold off on carrying it out while K Kavitha’s appeal was still ongoing before the bench.