BRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao’s daughter, K Kavitha, on Friday, was arrested after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided her residence in Hyderabad in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case. The BRS MLC was brought to Delhi for further questioning.
The BRS leader will move the Supreme Court today through her legal team to challenge her arrest by the ED. The lawyers of the 45-year-old politician will try to seek an urgent hearing before the apex court on Saturday against the arrest, media reports said.
According to reports, an argument ensued between ED officials and BRS leader KTR, who is also Kavitha’s brother, when the probe agency served an arrest memo on the BRS leader. KTR alleged ED produced an “illegal arrest warrant” against Kavitha. ED officials told KTR not to “obstruct” the team’s work.
#WATCH | Visuals from inside the residence of BRS MLC K Kavitha; a heated exchange of words going on between ED and BRS leader KTR Rao.
K Kavitha is being brought to Delhi by ED; she will be further questioned.
(Video Source: BRS worker) pic.twitter.com/3EUTKDA9Ow
— ANI (@ANI) March 15, 2024
Earlier in the day, BRS spokesperson Sravan Dasoju called the ED raids “politically motivated” and said both BJP and Congress are “hand-in-glove to harass leaders” of the K Chandrasekhar Rao-led party.
“Wherever ( Prime Minister Narendra) Modi goes ED and IT ( Income Tax) either precedes or succeeds. That is what is happening in Telangana. They want to create a panic situation in the BRS. The ED and IT which are working at the behest of BJP are not bothered about the Congress leaders of Telangana who have illegally obtained so much wealth,” the BRS leader was quoted by PTI as saying.
Last month, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) issued summons to Kavitha in connection with the same case. This was the second time the BRS MLC had been asked to appear before the central probe agency. She, however, skipped the CBI summons citing her “pressing onerous engagements” in a letter.