The 46-year-old politician’s application is scheduled for a hearing at 2 pm. On July 5, the Rouse Avenue Court extended Kavitha’s judicial custody until July 18 in connection with a corruption case being investigated by the CBI.
NEW DELHI: Today (8th July): Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha filed a default bail application before the Delhi Rouse Avenue Court, claiming that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) submitted an incomplete chargesheet even after the 60-day investigation period.
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The 46-year-old politician’s application is scheduled for a hearing at 2 pm. On July 5, the Rouse Avenue Court extended Kavitha’s judicial custody until July 18 in connection with a corruption case being investigated by the CBI.
Kavitha was arrested by the CBI from Tihar jail on April 11. The agency had initially questioned her about WhatsApp chats recovered from co-accused Buchi Babu’s phone and documents related to a land deal.
The BRS leader, daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, was first arrested by the Enforcement Directorate at her home in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, on March 15.
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According to the federal agency’s investigation, Kavitha allegedly conspired with top leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), including jailed Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, to secure advantages in the liquor policy.
Earlier, on July 1, the Delhi High Court rejected Kavitha’s bail pleas in two cases involving corruption and money laundering related to the liquor policy.
A bench led by Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, who had reserved the decision on the bail pleas on May 28, dismissed the petitions.
K Kavitha had appealed against the trial court’s May 6 decision, which denied her bail applications in both the CBI’s corruption case and the ED’s money-laundering case.
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Kavitha’s lawyer argued that among the 50 accused in the excise case, she is the only woman, emphasizing that the law treats women differently and urged the court to grant her bail accordingly.
The CBI inquiry was initiated based on the findings of a report by the Delhi Chief Secretary, which indicated prima facie violations of various acts and rules related to the Delhi Excise Policy. Both the ED and the CBI have alleged irregularities in the modification of the excise policy, extension of undue favors to license holders, waiver or reduction of license fees, and unauthorized extensions of L-1 licenses, resulting in financial losses and wrongful gains.
According to the allegations, the Excise Department decided to refund approximately Rs 30 crore as earnest money deposit to a successful tenderer, violating the established rules. Furthermore, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a waiver on tendered license fees was allowed between December 28, 2021, and January 27, 2022, despite the absence of a legal provision. The probe agencies claim that these actions resulted in an alleged loss of Rs 144.36 crore to the exchequer.
The ED arrested Kavitha (46) from her Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad on March 15.
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