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Delhi court docket extends ED custody of K Kavitha unless March 26 in excise PMLA case

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After producing Kavitha in court docket, the investigation company said that she used to be confronted with the statements of 4 folk alongside with a forensic document of the records that used to be extracted from her cell phone.

A court docket in Delhi on Saturday (Mar 23) extended the Enforcement Directorate custody of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha unless March 26.

She used to be arrested on March 15 by the Enforcement Directorate in reference to the Delhi excise coverage-linked cash laundering case.

While extending the police custody, Particular Settle Kaveri Baweja sought the probe company’s response to the bail plea moved for Kavitha.

The ED has alleged that Kavitha, who’s historic Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter, used to be no doubt one of many so much of participants of the ‘South Community’ that is accused of paying the Aam Aadmi Celebration recompenses value Rs 100 crore in replace for a wide share of liquor licences in Delhi.

“Extra, K Kavitha and her mates were to gain well the proceeds of crime paid upfront to AAP and to generate revenue/proceeds of crime from this complete conspiracy,” said ED.

After producing Kavitha in court docket, the investigation company said that she used to be confronted with the statements of 4 folk alongside with a forensic document of the records that used to be extracted from her cell phone.

The ED also told the court docket that raids were conducted at the dwelling of her nephew in Hyderabad.

“A search used to be also conducted at the gap of K Kavitha in Hyderabad. Throughout the search lawsuits, the ED officials were obstructed by the relatives and colleagues of K Kavitha,” said ED in an announcement.

Kavitha used to be arrested following a raid at her Hyderabad space by the probe company.

Within the arrest dispute, the concerned ED investigation officer said: “I place confidence in that Smt. Kalvakuntla Kavitha w/o Mr. D R Anil Kumar, residing at H. No. 8-2316/S/H, Road No 14, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telengana-500034 has been guilty of an offence punishable below the provision of Prevention of Cash Laundering Act, 2002 (15 of 2003).”

“Now, as a consequence of this truth, within the exercise of the energy conferred upon me below sub-share (1) of share 19 of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act, 2002 (915 of 2003), I hereby arrest the said Smt. Kalvakuntla Kavitha at 05.20 pm on 15.03.2024 and she has been advised of grounds for arrest. A duplicate of the grounds of arrest (containing 14 pages) were served upon her.”

She has denied any wrongdoing and has alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Celebration-led central government used to be “the exercise of” the ED as BJP couldn’t blueprint “backdoor entry” into Telangana.

(With inputs from agencies)

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