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BRS leader K Kavitha, lodged in Tihar jail, rushed to Delhi's DDU Hospital

K Kavitha is in jail in connection with the Delhi excise policy case.

Published on: Jul 16, 2024, 18:26:19 IST
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BRS leader K Kavitha, who is lodged in Tihar jail, was taken to Delhi's DDU Hospital on Tuesday evening. She is in jail in connection with the Delhi excise policy case.

BRS leader K Kavitha was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 15 (File Photo)
BRS leader K Kavitha was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 15 (File Photo)

K Kavitha was arrested on March 15 this year. Six days later, the Enforcement Directorate arrested Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering probe linked to the Delhi excise policy case.

It isn't clear yet why she was taken to the hospital.

K Kavitha was first arrested by the Enforcement Directorate. The next month, the CBI arrested her.

K Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, is under judicial custody in both cases.

Also read: Delhi court denies bail to BRS leader K Kavitha in excise policy case

K Kavitha is accused of being part of a group that allegedly gave AAP kickbacks amounting to 100 crore for formulating a favourable liquor policy.

In June, the CBI filed a supplementary charge sheet against Kavitha, claiming there was sufficient evidence to prosecute her in the corruption case.

Earlier, she had been questioned by the CBI inside the jail. She asked about the WhatsApp chats recovered from co-accused Buchi Babu's phone. She was also questioned about a sum of 100 crore allegedly paid to the party.

Earlier this month, K Kavitha approached a Delhi court seeking "default" bail in the corruption case.

In her bail plea, K Kavitha's lawyer claimed the chargesheet against her was incomplete. The plea said the law mandated the CBI to file a complete chargesheet within 60 days of arrest, but she had spent more time in jail than that.

"It is amply clear that the third supplementary chargesheet has been filed with the sole purpose of obviating, scuttling and preventing the release of the applicant on default bail as also to circuitously violating the mandate of Section 309(2) of the Cr.P.C. Such inchoate and incomplete investigations aimed at violating the applicant's right of release on default bail cannot be countenanced in law," the plea said.

Also read: K Chandrashekar Rao denies daughter K Kavitha's role in Delhi excise policy case, calls it ‘scam created by Modi’

The court later listed the matter on July 22 for further hearing.

With inputs from PTI, ANI

 
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