K Kavitha, a BRS MLC, petitions the Supreme Court to overturn her arrest

According to her attorney, P Mohith Rao, TNIE, BRS MLC K Kavitha knocked on the doors of the Supreme Court on Monday to contest her detention by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the money laundering case related to anomalies in the Delhi excise policy.

“We have petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn Kavitha’s arrest. Rao told this publication that “her arrest is arbitrary, unlawful, and unconstitutional.”

He declined to respond when asked whether her attorney will bring up the case at today’s urgent Supreme Court session. “The matter is right now subjudice and I can not comment further on this,” he said.

It should be mentioned that Kavitha’s issue was discussed previously on March 15 in a hearing held by the Supreme Court; the matter was postponed until Tuesday, March 19.

However, the government inquiry agency detained her the same day, March 15, at 5:30 p.m., as it was conducting a search and interviewing her at her Hyderabad home.

The leader of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), Kavitha, was placed under seven days of detention by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on March 16 by Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court due to her suspected participation in the Delhi liquor scam case.

It was ordered by Special Judge M K Nagpal (Prevention of Corruption Act) that Kavitha be in the ED’s custody for seven days, till March 23, 2024.

ED authorities in Hyderabad removed BRS MLC K Kavitha from her home on Friday.
BRS leader K Kavitha is detained by ED in relation to a liquor fraud.
Kavitha, 46, the daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, described her detention as unlawful and unconstitutional during her appearance in court today. “We will fight it (the case) out in the court,” she said.

The ED was previously informed by the Rouse Avenue court that Kavitha, the accused, will next appear before it on March 23.

Kavitha had referred to her detention as an obvious misuse of authority.

In its accusation, the ED said that Kavitha was associated with a “South Group” group of alcohol dealers attempting to gain more influence under the since-canceled Delhi excise scheme for 2021–2022.

The Enforcement Department (ED) has claimed that Vijay Nair, one of the case’s defendants, accepted bribes of at least ₹100 crores on behalf of AAP leaders from the “South Group,” which is purportedly headed by Sarath Reddy, Kavitha, and Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy.

She maintained her innocence the whole time.