After ED, CBI arrests Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha in Delhi liquor case

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday arrested Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader K Kavitha in the Delhi liquor policy case, reported The Indian Express.

Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, is already in judicial custody in connection with a case registered by the Enforcement Directorate. The agency is investigating charges of money laundering against Kavitha and leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party based on a first information report filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation.

The legislator from Telangana was arrested on March 15 from her home in Hyderabad. A Delhi court on Tuesday extended her judicial custody till April 23. She had been denied interim bail by the court a day earlier.

On Wednesday, the Central Bureau of Investigation told a Delhi court that it had questioned Kavitha in prison, reported Deccan Chronicle. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of the Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi had allowed the central agency to visit Kavitha in jail and record her statement. The agency had earlier said it needed to question Kavitha about chats that were recovered from her accountant Buchi Babu’s phone, and about an alleged land deal after which Rs 100 crore in bribes are said to have been paid to the Aam Aadmi Party.

Kavitha is alleged to be a part of a so-called South Group...

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