Delhi Excise Policy: K Kavitha in CBI Custody Till April 15, Probe Agency Claims South Liquor Baron Dropped Her Name

A Delhi court on Friday remanded BRS MLC K Kavitha to the custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) till April 15 in the alleged liquor policy scam. The CBI had sought custody of the BRS leader for 5 days.

K Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao,  was arrested by the CBI on Thursday from judicial custody in Tihar jail, where she has been lodged after her arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

According to the CBI, Kavitha is one of the “key conspirators” in the liquor policy case and is concealing facts of the case exclusively known to her.

“Kavitha examined earlier in this case but in light of evidence unearthed in the investigation…Role of statements revealed that she is one of the key conspirators in the excise policy. She didn’t join investigation citing unjustified ground and hence she could not be examined…During her interrogation, she didn’t give satisfactory replies regarding her role…She needs to be confronted with evidence to unearth the larger conspiracy concerning the liquor policy,” the CBI counsel told the court, a Live Law report said.

South Liquor Baron Dropped K Kavitha’s Name: CBI

According to an India Today report, the CBI, while seeking the custody of BRS MLC K Kavitha, told the court that her role in the conspiracy to collect a Rs 100 crore kickback from a liquor baron was revealed during the probe.

The probe agency alleged that a businessman from the south met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at his office the AAP national convenor told him that K Kavitha would contact him.

“One liquor businessman from the south met Arvind Kejriwal at the Chief Minister’s office chamber in Delhi on March 16, 2022. He sought the Chief Minister’s support. Arvind Kejriwal assured him and said K Kavitha would contact him in this regard. Kejriwal asked for funds in exchange,” the agency said.

Kavitha, 46, was arrested by the ED from her Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad on March 15 in connection with a money laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy scam.