New Delhi: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday arrested BRS leader K Kavitha in connection with a corruption case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy, officials said. Kavitha, daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was already under judicial custody in Delhi’s Tihar jail after her arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to the excise policy.
The CBI officials had recently questioned Kavitha inside the prison after obtaining permission from a special court. The probe agency reportedly questioned her regarding WhatsApp chats recovered from a co-accused’s phone and documents related to a land deal, suggesting kickbacks paid to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to influence the excise policy.
