Delhi Court dismisses BRS MLC K Kavitha's interim bail application in excise policy scam

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

K Kavitha in the excise policy case. The BRS leader was seeking bail on account of her 16-year-old son's exams for which he needed his mother's «moral and emotional support».

The court of Special Judge Kaveri Baweja heard the submissions made by the counsel appearing for Kavitha and the Enforcement Directorate (ED). During the hearing, senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, who appeared for Kavitha claimed that the perspective of a mother is not substitutable by father, sister or brother.

«The woman accused in this case has a child whose exams are admittedly in these months, going onto April. It's not that the child is in arms or is toddler. He is 16 years old. The issue is different. It's the moral and emotional support of the mother,» said Singhvi during the court hearing.

However, the probe agency opposed the submission, claiming that Kavitha destroyed evidence and influenced witnesses in the case.

Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, has been accused of being a key member of the «South Group», which allegedly paid the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Delhi kickbacks of Rs 100 crore in return for a big share of liquor licences in the national capital. She was sent to 14-day judicial custody last Tuesday.
Kavitha, 46, was arrested from her Banjara Hills residence on March 15 amid protests by BRS supporters. She was then sent to seven-day ED custody the next day.

(with agency inputs)