KCR's Daughter K Kavitha Arrested In Delhi Liquor Scam After ED Raid At Telangana Home
KCR's Daughter Kavitha Arrested: The ED arrested BRS MLC and KCR's daughter Kavitha in Delhi liquor scam case.
KCR's Daughter Kavitha Arrested: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday arrested BRS MLC and KCR's daughter Kavitha in the Delhi liquor scam case. According to sources, Kavitha is being brought to Delhi by the ED. This comes after the ED raided the premises of BRS leader K. Kavitha in Hyderabad on Friday as part of a money laundering investigation, official sources said.
Last month, the Supreme Court had extended protection from arrest to Kavitha till March 13 in connection with the alleged scam. The probe agency had issued her a fresh summons on February 21 to appear on February 26. However she did not appear in the case.
On February 25, responding to the summons issued to her, Kavitha had written to the CBI, saying that she would not appear before it for questioning in connection with the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam. The BRS MLC has refused to appear on summons twice.
Kavitha had skipped the recent summon, citing important public engagements and a petition pending before the top court.
Speaking on her arrest, Kavitha's advocate, P Mohith Rao, said, "Initially, K Kavitha filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court in 2023. The allegation is that the ED has been harassing her. This matter was scheduled for hearing today but was adjourned to Tuesday."
VIDEO | Here's what BRS MLC K Kavitha's advocate, P Mohith Rao, said on her arrest.
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"Initially, K Kavitha filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court in 2023. The allegation is that the ED has been harassing her. This matter was scheduled for hearing today but was adjourned to… pic.twitter.com/cfUlw7Qfa7
Who Is K Kavitha?
K Kavitha is the daughter of former chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao. She is a Member of the Legislative Council (MLC) in Telangana. She has skipped at least two summons this year. The probe agency had claimed Kavitha was linked to a "South Group" lobby of liquor traders who were trying to play a larger role under the now scrapped Delhi excise policy for 2021-22.
The ED has alleged that one of the accused in the case, Vijay Nair, received kickbacks to the tune of at least Rs 100 crore from the "South Group" (allegedly controlled by Sarath Reddy, Kavitha and Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy) on behalf of leaders of the AAP.
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Delhi Liquor Policy Case
The Delhi Liquor Policy case pertains to alleged irregularities in the now-scraped Delhi Excise Policy 2020–21 to extend undue favours to licence holders.
According to the CBI and the ED, irregularities were committed while modifying the Delhi Excise Policy 2020-21, undue favours were extended to licence holders, licence fee was waived or reduced and licences were extended without the competent authority's approval.
The beneficiaries allegedly diverted "illegal" gains to the accused officials and made false entries in their books of account to evade detection.
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