New Delhi: A court here on Tuesday sent Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC, K Kavitha to judicial custody till April 9 in connection with the Delhi excise policy case.
The accused was presented before Special Judge Kaweri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Court on expiry of her previously extended three-day Enforcement Directorate (ED)
custody. Besides presenting the usual ground that the accused is highly influential and there is every likelihood that she will influence the witnesses and tamper with the evidence if released, the ED claimed that the investigation into economic crimes is “more complex than the ordinary crimes as economic offenders are resourceful and influential persons having deep roots in the society”.
The ED claimed that they commit the said crimes in a “carefully planned and meticulous manner”, thereby rendering the investigation process a complicated exercise. Kavitha’s counsel Advocate Nitesh Rana sought interim bail on grounds of her son’s exams, and the court posted her bail application for April 1.
The ED said that it is still further investigating the role of Kavitha in the case and is unearthing the further proceeds of crime (PoC) and identifying the other persons who are involved or connected with the process or activities related to PoC.
“Therefore, the accused may please be remanded to judicial custody,” the ED said. The court sent Kavitha to judicial custody for 14 days.
