Delhi excise policy case: Court extends ED custody of K Kavitha till March 26

A court on Saturday extended the Enforcement Directorate custody of BRS leader K Kavitha an accused in the Delhi excise policy money laundering case till March 26The ED has alleged that Kavitha the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K 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 a big share of liquor licences in the national capitalIn its plea seeking an extension of her custodial remand by five days the federal probe agency said Kavitha was interrogated confronted with statements of four people and questioned based on the findings during investigationShe was also confronted with a forensic report showing formatting of her mobile phone data during the probe Her cell phone data was being analysed it saidDuring the search conducted at the premises of the arrestee Kavitha on March 15 a mobile device belonging to Meka Saran her nephew has been seized He was called two times to appear before the investigation However he has failed to appear before the investigation the plea saidIt said the investigation in the last week revealed that Saran was involved in the transfer or utilisation of the proceeds of crimeSince he is in possession of information relevant for investigation in the case and he is not cooperating with the investigation Search is being conducted at his premises in Hyderabad on Saturday the plea saidIt said Saran is a close relative of the Kavitha and that he was present in her house when ED conducted the raidSome of the family business details financials of the family business etc were sought and she Kavitha said that she would inform her counselfamily member and the same information will be shared by them through mail the plea said But not a single detail was furnished to the ED it saidAn application is also moved before this court for further interrogation of Sameer Mahendru for getting the details of the said transferutilization of proceeds of crime POC by Meka Saran and to ascertain the role of the arrestee the remand application saidIt said Kavitha has to be interrogated on the recent findingsDuring the proceedings Kavithas advocate Nitish Rana filed a bail plea following which the ED counsel said the Investigating Officer IO is neck deep in the case and the order on bail could be passed on the next date of hearingFive days is enough for filing a reply to the bail I am not pressing it the advocate saidKavitha 46 a Telangana Legislative Council member was arrested by the central probe agency from her residence at Banjara Hills in Hyderabad on March 15This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever