K Kavitha To Remain In Jail Till April 23, Hearing On Interim Relief Plea For Lok Sabha Campaign On April 22

CBI arrested the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao from Tihar Jail, where she was held after her arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

BRS Leader K. Kavitha. ( Image Source :PTI )

Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Monday sent BRS Leader K Kavitha to Judicial custody till April 23, 2024 in the CBI case related to the now scrapped Delhi excise policy, news agency ANI reported. Later in the day, Kavitha moved the bail plea to the Delhi Court seeking interim relief after BRS has declared her as "star campaigner" for the upcoming Lok Sabha Polls. The court has fixed April 22, for hearing the matter.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao from Tihar Jail, where she was held after her arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case.

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As her three-day police custody comes to an end, Kavitha was produced before the court by CBI on Monday.

According to the CBI, Kavitha is considered as one of the key conspirators in the liquor policy case and is suspected of withholding information that is crucial to the probe. The probe agency asked for 14 days of judicial custody.

However, her legal counsel contended that, as per the Supreme Court's judgement in Pankaj Bansal, an accused person possesses the right to respond as they see fit. "The accused is not obligated to answer questions in a manner that is tailored to meet specific requirements," the counsel was quoted as saying by LiveLaw in its report.

Recently, after getting a permission from the special court, the central probe agency officials questioned Kavitha inside the Tihar jail. 

The Bharat Rasthra Samithi (BRS) leader was interrogated regarding WhatsApp chats recovered from the phone of co-accused Buchi Babu, as well as documents pertaining to a land transaction. Allegedly, an amount of Rs 100 crore was transferred to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as kickbacks to influence the Excise policy in favour of a liquor lobby in the national capital.

Kavitha (46) was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) from her residence in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, on March 15.

Kavitha Seeks Interim Relief As BRS Declares Her As 'Star Campaigner' For LS Polls

The Rouse Avenue Court of Delhi on Monday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the bail plea moved by BRS (BRS) leader K Kavitha in connection with the CBI case related to the Excise Policy case. The Court has fixed April 22, for hearing the matter.

Kavitha through bail plea also seeks interim relief stating that the BRS has declared her as their 'Star Campaigner' for the Lok Sabha Election and has prescribed a scheduled election duty for her from 20th April to 11th May.