K Kavitha, a prominent figure within the Bharat Rashtra Samithi-BRS, has been apprehended by the Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI within Tihar Jail on suspicion of involvement in a money-laundering case linked to the Delhi liquor policy. The arrest follows recent interrogations conducted by the probe agency while Kavitha remained in judicial custody.
Daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, Kavitha stands accused of playing a significant role within the South Group, purportedly implicated in offering kickbacks of ₹100 crore to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party or AAP in Delhi. This payment was allegedly in exchange for substantial shares of liquor licenses in the national capital. The 46-year-old leader was remanded to 14-day judicial custody last Tuesday.
Previously arrested by the Enforcement Directorate from her Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad on March 15, Kavitha faced questioning by CBI officials within the prison premises after securing permission from a special court. Investigators probed into WhatsApp conversations retrieved from co-accused Buchi Babu’s device and scrutinised documents concerning a land deal allegedly linked to the payment of kickbacks to the AAP, thereby influencing the capital’s excise policy in favour of a liquor lobby.
Amidst these developments, Kavitha penned a letter to the court, denouncing the ongoing central agency investigations as a “media trial” tarnishing her personal and political reputation. She stressed her cooperation with the agencies, furnishing bank account details, and pledged to surrender all mobile phones implicated in the probe.
“I have cooperated with the agencies and given all the bank account details. I will hand over all the mobile phones which the ED claims I have destroyed,” the letter mentioned, as read out by her legal counsel during court proceedings.
