Delhi Liquor Scam: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday arrested Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha, in reference to the Delhi excise coverage case. Kavitha is at present under judicial custody in Delhi’s Tihar jail. She was questioned by the CBI contained in the jail on Saturday.
The daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao was held in Tihar Jail, the place she was lodged after her arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), officers stated.
CBI officers had just lately questioned Kavitha contained in the jail after acquiring permission from a particular court docket.
The BRS leader was questioned in regards to the WhatsApp chats recovered from co-accused Buchi Babu’s cellphone and paperwork associated to a land deal, after which an quantity of Rs 100 crore was allegedly paid to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in kickbacks to swing the excise coverage for the nationwide capital in favour of a liquor foyer.
The CBI officers had gone to Tihar Jail on Saturday to query Kavitha on these features of the case, sources stated.
The ED arrested Kavitha from her Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad on March 15.
K Kavitha is more likely to be produced earlier than in the court docket throughout the subsequent 24 hours the place the CBI will search her custody.
The central probing company had registered an FIR in excise scam under Prevention of Corruption and 120B conspiracy, in which ED investigation revealed that Kavitha had given a bribe of Rs 100 crore to the Aam Aadmi Party.
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