Hyderabad: K Chandrasekhar Rao's daughter K Kavitha was arrested on Friday by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Delhi liquor scam case. The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader was arrested after the probing agency conducted searches at her residence in Hyderabad.
K Kavitha is the daughter of BRS President and former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and member of the Telangana Legislative Council.
As the ED team held searches at her upscale Banjara Hills residence, nobody was being allowed inside.
It was immediately not clear when the searches started but the word about the presence of ED officials at her residence spread in the afternoon.
As the probing agency was conducting searches, a heated exchange took place between its officials and BRS leader KTR Rao.
She is being brought to Delhi and will be further questioned by the Enforcement Directorate.
Reacting on her arrest, BRS leader Ravula Sridhar Reddy said, "They have taken her away from here, ED has taken her from here. The case is sub-judice, posted before the court on 19th March... K Kavitha has also responded to the summons that have been sent - it is election season and she has to campaign. So, when the hearing is on the 19th, what is the haste? PM Modi is in Hyderabad and you want to arrest her. What do you want to show? There is no evidence and no cash has been seized. The allegations are baseless. BJP and Congress are trying to intimidate BRS. We will explore the legal options before us and fight. We trust the judiciary. The truth will come out."
The ED has questioned Kavitha, a former MP, earlier. However, she has not appeared before the agency since October last year despite summons.
Kavitha had also approached the Supreme Court, challenging the summoning of a woman by the ED to its office.
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