A Delhi court has extended the judicial custody of BRS leader K Kavitha until April 23 in connection with her involvement in a corruption case associated with the purported Delhi excise policy scam. Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was apprehended from Tihar Jail, where she had been detained following her arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
Appearing before the court as Kavitha's three-day police custody expired, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) requested judicial custody for her, stating that further custodial interrogation was unnecessary. However, Kavitha's legal representatives, Advocate Nitesh Rana and Deepak Nagar, contested the plea, asserting that there were insufficient grounds to justify her continued detention, especially since she had already been interrogated.
CBI officials had previously questioned Kavitha within the confines of the prison with permission from a special court. During the interrogation, she was queried about WhatsApp conversations retrieved from co-accused Buchi Babu's device and documents related to a land transaction allegedly involving a payment of Rs 100 crore in kickbacks to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to influence the excise policy in favor of a liquor lobby.
Kavitha, aged 46, was arrested by the ED from her residence in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, on March 15, and has since been in judicial custody in connection with the case.
