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Delhi high court dismisses Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in the excise policy money laundering case.
The HC held that the ED was in possession of enough material which had led them to arrest Kejriwal.
Non-joining of investigation by Kejriwal, delay caused by him was also impacting those in judicial custody, the Delhi high court said.
Post Delhi High Court ruling, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will move the Supreme Court against a high court order dismissing the plea against his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam, Aam Aadmi Party sources said .
Meanwhile in another court has extended the judicial custody of Bharat Rashtra Samiti leader K Kavitha by two weeks in the Delhi excise policy-related money laundering case.
Special judge for Enforcement Directorate and Central Bureau of Investigation cases Kaveri Baweja extended Kavitha’s custody till April 23 after she was produced before the court on expiry of her judicial remand granted earlier.
The judge had on Monday denied interim bail to Kavitha, saying prima facie she not only destroyed evidence but was also instrumental in influencing witnesses and there is ‘every likelihood’ of her continuing to do so in case the relief is granted.
The agency has alleged that Kavitha, an MLC and daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, is a key member of the ‘South Group’, which has been accused of paying the ruling Aam Aadmi Party in Delhi kickbacks of Rs 100 crore in return for a big share of liquor licences in the national capital.
Kavitha, 46, was arrested from her Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad on March 15.
