Delhi excise policy case: K Kavitha urges court for interim bail

BRS leader K Kavitha arrested in the Delhi excise policy scam case urged a court on Thursday for interim bail claiming that her 16yearold son has exams and needs his mothers moral and emotional supportThe court of Special Judge Kaveri Baweja heard the submissions made by the counsel appearing for Kavitha and the Enforcement Directorate ED and reserved its order for MondayDuring the hearing senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi who appeared for the Bharat Rashtra Samithi BRS leader claimed that the perspective of a mother is not substitutable by father sister or brotherSinghvi said The woman accused in this case has a child whose exams are admittedly in these months going onto April Its not that the child is in arms or is toddler He is 16 years old The issue is different Its the moral and emotional support of the motherThere is trauma and shock about what has happened and two there is silence We have documented databases dealing with the phenomenon The perspective of a mother is not substitutable by the father or sister or brother The emotional support of a mother cant be substituted by a maasi also he told the courtSinghvi said that no immediate interrogation is there that cannot wait these few weeksLets take a hypothetical example that your lordships allow her to be with the son for a month How would heavens fall Where will the ED go Where would the accused go No immediate interrogation is there which cant wait these few weeks An exam anxiety doesnt have to be a medical condition for the mother to join he addedThe Enforcement Directorate opposed the submission claiming that Kavitha destroyed evidence and influenced witnesses in the caseThe accused in question is one of the prime movers of giving bribes She is not only part of arranging kickbacks in advance but also beneficiary through indospirit I am not relying on statements alone I have material WhatsApp documents etc There are direct proceeds of crime through bank accounts where she is a beneficiary the EDs counsel told the judgeHe added that four mobile phones were completely wiped out by the accusedWe are on the verge of a crucial breakthrough and any relief at this stage will hamper the investigation There is influencing of witness there is an attempt to make at least two or three witnesses to retract statements Out of which one or two people she has already succeeded Third person came forward to us and said that she exerted pressure on him There is an apparent destruction of evidenceiquest the ED counsel saidIn an application moved on behalf of the BRS leader advocate Nitesh Rana sought relief for her claiming that Kavitha had deep roots in society and that she could not be treated as a common criminal or a gangsterKavitha is allegedly a key member of the South Group which has been accused of paying the ruling AAP in Delhi kickbacks of Rs 100 crore in return for a big share of liquor licences in the national capital She was sent to 14day judicial custody last TuesdayKavitha 46 was arrested from her Banjara Hills residence on March 15 amid protests by BRS supportersShe was then sent to sevenday ED custody the next day Her custodial interrogation was later extended by three daysThis 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