New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday extended the judicial custody of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia and Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha till July 31 in connection with the excise policy case, reported ANI.
Both are in custody in connection with a corruption case filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.
The two leaders were produced through video conferencing from Tihar Jail. The CBI recently filed a supplementary charge against Kavitha, according to ANI.
K Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was arrested on March 15 by the Enforcement Directorate(ED) in a money laundering case related to the excise policy. The CBI later arrested her from Tihar Jail on April 11.
Sisodia was arrested by the CBI on February 26, 2023, for his role in the excise policy case. The ED later arrested him on a related money laundering charge on March 9, 2023.
