Excise policy case: Delhi court defers K. Kavitha’s bail plea till May 6

May 2, 2024

New Delhi : A Delhi court on Thursday deferred till May 6 the pronouncement of its order on Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K. Kavitha’s bail application in a money laundering case related to the alleged excise policy scam.

Currently, Kavitha, the daughter of BRS supremo and former Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, is in judicial custody till May 7.

She was first arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and later by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on April 11 while she was in Tihar Jail.

Special Judge Kaveri Baweja of Rouse Avenue Court had then sent her to CBI’s custody noting that a “detailed and sustained interrogation” of the accused is necessary. Now, she is in judicial custody in the case being probed by both the agencies.

In her application, Kavitha has alleged that her arrest was politically motivated, aimed at depriving her and her party of a level playing field in the upcoming general elections.

She has asserted that her arrest by the CBI, just days before the commencement of the nomination exercise in Telangana, was orchestrated by the ruling party at the Centre to impede her election campaigning.

She has maintained that she has no connection to the Delhi Excise Policy and that the ruling party is using investigative agencies to tarnish her image and that of her father.