Delhi liquor gate: BRS leader K Kavitha sent to Tihar jail till April 9
NEW DELHI : BRS leader K Kavitha was taken to Tihar Jail, prison officials said, after a Delhi court on Tuesday sent her to judicial custody till April 9 on the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) plea that if released, the “highly-influential” arrestee was likely to influence witnesses and tamper with evidence
In a surprising turn of events today, the ED sought only 15-day judicial custody for Kavitha.
The 46-year-old Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader was arrested by the central probe agency in a Delhi excise policy-linked money-laundering case on March 15. Kavitha, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 15 in connection with the alleged liquor policy scam that has embroiled the city’s ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), had been in the agency’s custody. Last week, her custody was extended to allow for confrontation with data extracted from her mobile phone. “She has reached Tihar Jail and will be lodged in jail number 6, which is the women’s jail. Her medical examination will be conducted,” an official said.
Meanwhile, the BRS leader hit out at her critics as she was taken from Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court. Claiming that the case against her “is not money laundering but political laundering”, K Kavitha pointed out that her accusers had either joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or donated money to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party (Rs 50 crore via the controversial and now-scrapped electoral bonds).”It is a fabricated and false case.
One accused has joined BJP, second is getting a BJP ticket, and third accused gave Rs 50 crore in electoral bonds. This is political laundering… we will come out clean,” she said.
