The CBI had questioned Kavitha inside the prison on Saturday after obtaining permission from the special court.
New Delhi: Trouble mounted for K Kavitha on Thursday after the Central Bureau of Intelligence (CBI) arrested the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader in connection with a corruption case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam. Kavita was held in Tihar jail where she was lodged after her arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The 46-year-old leader is the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao.
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The Central agency arrested Kavitha after obtaining permission from a special court in Delhi. While Kavitha will remain in Tihar jail on Thursday, the agency is likely to produce her before a court on Friday to seek her remand.
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If the CBI gets her remand, Kavitha will be moved to the lockup at the agency headquarters where she will be questioned by officers of the Anti-Corruption Branch, which is probing the case, they said.
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The CBI had questioned Kavitha inside the prison on Saturday after obtaining permission from the special court. The BRS leader was questioned on WhatsApp chats recovered from co-accused Buchi Babu’s phone and documents related to a land deal after which Rs 100 crore was allegedly paid to the Aam Aadmi Party in kickbacks to swing the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy in favour of a liquor lobby.
The ED had arrested Kavitha from her Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad on March 15.
(With PTI Inputs)
