Excise scam case: Delhi court sends BRS leader K Kavitha to CBI custody till April 23
BRS) leader K Kavitha's CBI custody till April 23 in the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.
The CBI produced the accused before the court on the expiry of her three-day police custody granted earlier by a judge.
Kavitha, 46, was arrested from Tihar Jail, where she was lodged after her arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
The CBI has arrested Kavitha 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.
CBI officials had recently questioned Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, inside the prison after obtaining permission from a special court.
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She 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 ED had arrested her from her Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad on March 15.
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