A Delhi Court remanded Bharat Rasthra Samithi leader K. Kavitha till April 23 in the alleged liquor policy scam case registered by CBI. She is also under remand in a money laundering case registered in connection with the alleged scam.
The Central Bureau of Investigation produced Kavitha in Delhi Rouse Avenue Court on Monday on expiry of three-day custody. Hearing the case, the Court extended her judicial custody till April 23.
While leaving the court, Kavitha said, “It is not CBI custody, it is BJP custody. Whatever BJP is speaking outside, CBI is asking the same inside, asking again and again for two years, nothing new.”
The CBI arrested Kavitha from Tihar jail on April 11, after questioning her in connection with an alleged scam in now scrapped Delhi liquor policy. She has been arrested under Section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) read with Section 477-A (falsification of accounts) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 7 (offence relating to public servant being bribed) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, according to officials.
The Bharat Rasthra Samithi (BRS) leader was questioned about the WhatsApp chats recovered from co-accused Buchi Babu's phone and documents related to a land deal, after which an amount of Rs 100 crore was allegedly paid to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in kickbacks to swing the excise policy for the national capital in favour of a liquor lobby.
The daughter of former Telangana chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao was arrested from her residence in Telangana by ED on March 15. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and a few other AAP leaders have also been arrested in connection with the case.
-with inputs from agencies
