Revealed By: Pragati Pal
Final Up to date: March 23, 2024, 23:12 IST
BRS MLC Okay Kavitha (PTI file photograph)
The ED has alleged that Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana chief minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao, was a key member of the ‘South Group’ that has been accused of paying the AAP kickbacks of Rs 100 crore in return for an enormous share of liquor licences within the nationwide capital
A courtroom right here on Saturday prolonged the Enforcement Directorate custody of BRS chief Okay Kavitha, an accused within the Delhi excise coverage cash laundering case, until March 26.
The ED has alleged that Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana chief minister Okay Chandrashekar Rao, was a key member of the ‘South Group’ that has been accused of paying the AAP kickbacks of Rs 100 crore in return for an enormous share of liquor licences within the nationwide capital.
“In view of the truth that additional custodial interrogation of the accused (Kavitha) has been hunted for additional sustained and detailed interrogation the ED custody of the accused is prolonged until March 26,” Particular Decide Kaveri Baweja mentioned.
The decide directed the Investigating Officer (IO) “to make sure that additional interrogation and confrontation of accused is completed with none delay”. The courtroom additionally allowed Kavitha’s software to fulfill her members of the family, together with her husband, son, brother, sister and sister-in-law, and her private assistant (PA) within the courtroom.
It famous that Kavitha had additionally filed one other software in search of instructions to the ED to permit her home-cooked meals to allow her to have the medically prescribed weight loss plan.
In her plea, Kavitha mentioned that she was affected by some medical illnesses, similar to heartburn and the physician had suggested her to evolve to the required weight loss plan.
“It’s famous that within the order dated March 16 permission for offering a medically prescribed weight loss plan has already been issued. Nonetheless, contemplating the request made on behalf of the accused immediately, she is permitted to be supplied with home-cooked meals, as requested,” the courtroom mentioned.
In its plea in search of an extension of her custodial remand by 5 days, the federal probe company mentioned Kavitha was interrogated, confronted with statements of 4 individuals and questioned based mostly on the findings through the investigation.
It mentioned Kavitha was additionally confronted with a forensic report exhibiting the formatting of her cell phone information through the probe. Her cellphone information was being analysed, it mentioned.
“Throughout the search carried out on the premises of the arrestee (Kavitha) on March 15, a cell gadget belonging to Meka Saran (her nephew) has been seized. He was referred to as two occasions to look earlier than the investigation. Nonetheless, he has failed to look earlier than the investigation,” the plea mentioned. It mentioned the investigation within the final week revealed that Saran was concerned within the switch or utilisation of the proceeds of crime.
“Since he’s in possession of data related for investigation within the case and he’s not cooperating with the investigation, Search is being carried out at his premises (in Hyderabad on Saturday),” the plea mentioned. It mentioned Saran is a “shut relative” of the Kavitha and that he was current in her home when ED carried out the raid.
“A few of the household enterprise particulars, financials of the household enterprise and so on. have been sought and he or she (Kavitha) mentioned that she would inform her counsel/member of the family and the identical data can be shared by them by mail,” the plea mentioned. However not a single element was furnished to the ED, it mentioned.
“An software can be moved earlier than this courtroom for additional interrogation of Sameer Mahendru, for getting the small print of the mentioned switch/utilization of proceeds of crime (POC) by Meka Saran, and to determine the function of the arrestee,” the remand software mentioned.
It mentioned Kavitha must be interrogated on the current findings. Throughout the proceedings, Kavitha’s advocate Nitish Rana filed a bail plea following which the ED counsel mentioned the Investigating Officer (IO) was “neck deep” within the case and the order on bail might be handed on the subsequent date of listening to.
“5 days is sufficient for submitting a reply to the bail. I’m not urgent it,” the advocate mentioned. Kavitha, 46, a Telangana Legislative Council member, was arrested by the central probe company from her residence at Banjara Hills in Hyderabad on March 15.
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