ED officials asking same questions repeatedly, arrest illegal: Kavitha

A Delhi court on Saturday, March 23, extended the Enforcement Directorate custody of BRS leader K Kavitha, an accused in the Delhi excise policy scam case, till March 26.

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha was produced before the Rouse Avenue Court in connection with the alleged irregularities in the scrapped Delhi excise policy 2021-22.

The federal probe agency has sought a five-day extension of her custody.

Before entering the court, Kavitha told a sea of reporters waiting that her arrest was illegal. “It is a political case, it is a fabricated case. It is a false case, we are fighting it out. They have nothing new, asking the same questions again and again,” she said.

The ED has alleged that Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was a key member of the ‘South Group’ that has been accused of paying the AAP kickbacks of Rs 100 crore in return for a big share of liquor licences in the national capital.

After producing her in court, the ED said that the 46-year-old BRS leader was confronted with the statements of four people and a forensic report of the data extracted from her phone. The probe agency also told the court that raids were being conducted at the house of her nephew in Hyderabad.

BRS leader’s counsel filed a bail plea in court.

(With PTI inputs)