After ED, CBI now arrests Kavitha in Delhi Liquor Scam case

HYDERABAD: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested BRS MLC K Kavitha in connection with the Delhi liquor Scam case.

The arrest on Thursday comes two days after the CBI informed a Delhi court that it had questioned Kavitha in Tihar Jail. The BRS MLC was under judicial custody in Tihar in a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Kavitha was arrested by the ED in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam on March 15, 2024.

The court had on April 5 allowed the CBI to quiz Kavitha in jail, an order which she had challenged. The CBI informed the special judge for ED and CBI cases, Kaveri Baweja, that it interrogated Kavitha on April 6 following the court's order.

Earlier this week, New Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court rejected the bail plea of Kavitha, saying she was instrumental in influencing witnesses and there was every likelihood of her continuing to do so in case bail was granted to her.

"The applicant can be, by no standards, said to be a vulnerable woman who could be made a scapegoat for committing the alleged offences. Rather, she is undoubtedly a well-­educated and well­-placed woman in the society,” the court said.