BRS Chief Okay Kavitha Flown To Delhi After Dramatic Arrest From Hyderabad Residence
Okay Kavitha coming into the Enforcement Directorate’s workplace in Delhi
New Delhi:
BRS chief Okay Kavitha, arrested from her Hyderabad residence by the Enforcement Directorate final night within the Delhi liquor coverage case, was taken to the company’s headquarters within the nationwide capital round midnight. The company moved her to Delhi for additional questioning within the case.
After touchdown within the metropolis, she was taken to the company’s workplace, the place medical assessments had been completed.
The company will produce former Telangana Chief Minister Okay Chandrashekhar Rao’s daughter earlier than the Rouse Avenue court docket at 10:30 am in the present day to hunt her remand for custodial interrogation.
Safety across the ED headquarters has been tightened this morning and prohibitory orders have been imposed.
Reacting to her arrest, Ms Kavitha’s brother and former Telangana minister KT Rama Rao in a put up on X stated, “Abuse of energy and institutional misuse to settle political scores is one thing that has grow to be more and more widespread with BJP authorities in final 10 years. ED must reply the Supreme Courtroom on the inordinate rush to arrest when the matter may be very a lot sub-judice and up for assessment in a few days, on the nineteenth of March. What’s much more appalling is the ED undermining its personal enterprise given to the Hon’ble Supreme Courtroom. Justice shall prevail and we are going to proceed to combat legally.”
Abuse of energy and institutional misuse to settle political scores is one thing that has grow to be more and more widespread with BJP Govt in final 10 years
ED must reply Supreme Courtroom on the inordinate rush to arrest when the matter may be very a lot sub-judice & up for assessment in a…
— KTR (@KTRBRS) March 15, 2024
The monetary probe company on Friday took Telangana’s Legislative Council Member Okay Kavitha, 46, in custody in a dramatic arrest and hours-long raid at her premises in Hyderabad in a cash laundering case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise coverage.
Ms Kavitha was arrested pm from her Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad as lots of of her supporters protested the company motion.
The arrest got here weeks forward of the Lok Sabha polls and on a day the Congress authorities within the state accomplished 100 days. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was additionally in Malkajgiri, a suburb in Hyderabad, the place he held a large roadshow.
The Supreme Courtroom had granted the BRS chief immunity from interrogation until Wednesday and heard her petition towards the company’s summons within the case on Friday. The following listening to will likely be on Tuesday.
