Court defers taking note of charges against Kavitha

NEW DELHI: A court on Monday deferred taking cognisance of a fresh chargesheet filed by Enforcement Directorate (ED) against Bharat Rashtra Samiti’s K Kavitha in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.

The court of special judge Kaveri Baweja will hear it again on Tuesday. The chargesheet, which names Kavitha as an accused, has been filed under Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

This is the sixth supplementary chargesheet by ED in this case. It also names Chanpreet Singh, Damodar Sharma, Prince Kumar and Arvind Singh. Eighteen people, including former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia and AAP Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh, have been arrested.

On May 7, the same court extended Kavitha’s judicial custody till May 20 in both ED and CBI cases. Dismissing her bail applications, the court stated that given the material on record and the seriousness of allegations, it was not inclined to allow her bail. TNN

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