A Delhi court on April 8 turned down K Kavitha's interim bail plea in the alleged liquor policy scam case. Kavitha is presently under judicial custody in Tihar jail in money laundering case related to the scam.
The BRS leader was arrested on March 15 in Hyderabad, hours after an Enforcement Directorate team searched the premises and interrogated her.
Special Judge Kaveri Baweja dismissed the plea, saying the stage was not right to enlarge her on interim bail.
Kavitha had approached the court for interim bail, saying her 16-year-old son has exams and needs his mother's "moral and emotional support".
The ED had opposed the submission, claiming Kavitha destroyed evidence and influenced witnesses in the case.
The agency had alleged that Kavitha is 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.
Kavitha, 46, was arrested from her Banjara Hills residence on March 15 amid protests by BRS supporters.
She was then sent to seven-day ED custody the next day. Her custodial interrogation was later extended by three days. She was sent to 14-day judicial custody last Tuesday.
(With PTI inputs)
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