Delhi Liquor Policy Case: Court Remands BRS Leader K Kavitha To ED Custody Until March 23

The central probe agency arrested BRS leader K Kavitha after an extensive raid by the Enforcement Directorate at her Hyderabad residence on Friday.

Kavitha was brought to Delhi around midnight on Friday for further interrogation.

A Delhi Court remanded Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha to Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody until March 23 in connection with the money laundering case related to the purported liquor policy scam on Saturday.

The order was issued by Special Judge MK Nagpal of Rouse Avenue Courts after Kavitha was presented by the ED after her arrest in the case. The ED had requested a 10-day remand for Kavitha.

#UPDATE | Delhi's Rouse Avenue court granted custody remand of BRS MLC K Kavitha to ED till 23 March. ED sought ten days remand of K Kavitha in connection with Delhi Excise policy case. https://t.co/ApzLUaXo1z

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Senior Advocate Vikram Chaudhary, representing Kavitha, presented initial arguments against the arrest, contending that it constitutes a "blatant abuse of power and authority."

Contrarily, special counsel Zoheb Hossain, representing the ED, argued that no statement was provided to any court, including the Supreme Court, suggesting that the probe agency would refrain from taking any "no coercive action", according to a report on Live Law.

At the court, Kavitha said, “The arrest is illegal. We will fight it in court.”

On Friday, following an extensive raid by the Enforcement Directorate at her Hyderabad residence, BRS leader K Kavitha was arrested by the central probe agency. She was subsequently brought to Delhi around midnight for further interrogation.

The ED interrogated Kavitha three times last year regarding the same case. She was summoned again this year, but she did not appear for deposition, citing a Supreme Court directive that granted her protection from any coercive action.

Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao, has now become the third high-profile individual to be arrested in the case. Previously, the ED had arrested AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh in connection with the same case.