A Delhi court on Tuesday extended by 14 days the judicial custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K. Kavitha in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise scam.
Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Court passed the order for the extension of judicial custody of the two politicians who were arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the second fortnight of March. Their interim and regular bail applications were also rejected by the court in the past month.
The ED, in its remand orders, termed Mr. Kejriwal as “key conspirator” of the Delhi excise policy scam. Ms. Kavitha was alleged to have played a “big role” with other members of the ‘South Group’, i.e. Sarath Reddy, Raghav Magunta and Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, and conspired with the top leaders of the AAP and gave them kickbacks.
