BRS Leader K Kavitha’s Judicial Custody Extended Till Apr 23

New Delhi: BRS leader K Kavitha’s judicial custody was extended till April 23 by Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court on Monday 23 in connection with the excise policy case.

Former Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter  Kavitha was produced before the court by CBI on the expiry of her three-day police custody.

Kavitha was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 15. The CBI then arrested her on April 11.

During her recent three-day CBI custody, the probe agency officials questioned Kavitha about the WhatsApp chats recovered from a co-accused Buchi Babu’s phone and documents related to a land deal, following which an amount of Rs 100 crore was allegedly paid to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in kickbacks to swing the excise policy in favour of a liquor lobby.

According to the ED, Kavitha was a member of the so-called ‘South Group’ that paid kickbacks worth ₹100 crore to AAP leaders – in exchange for nine retail zones under the now-scrapped policy. The probe agency had also revealed names of other people involved in the group – Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSCRCP) MP Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, his son Raghav Magunta, Aurobindo Group promoter Sarath Reddy, and Delhi-based businessman Sameer Mahendru.