A metropolitan court in Delhi has conceded to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the remand of three days for the writer and politician K Kavitha in connection with the liquor politics issue in Delhi. The Detention Remand Court of Rouse Avenue Central Jail has issued a warrant for Kavitha’s arrest. She is to be taken into the custody of CBI and detained until April 15.
The CBI, in its arguments, revealed to the court that the dealing of Kavitha with a liquor baron under conspiracy to get Rs 100 crore kickback came up during the defendant\s investigation. As per the agency, this man told Kejriwal in Delhi after some time that he had met the Chief Minister and had urged for help, which Kejriwal guided him to approach Kavitha.
The CBI asserted that the meeting was subsequently arranged in Hyderabad, and Kavitha herself was alleged to have organized the meeting during a separate incident. She had made a reference too of the earlier visit to Kejriwal by the businessman and even mentioned the name of Vijay Nair, a previous media coordinator of AAP (Aam Aadmi Party), who too is alleged to have been involved in the case.
More so, the CBI seized a recording where the nephew clarified the Rs 100 crore issue of which he was the recovery manager and begged for the payment of Rs 50 crore. The government department alleged that Vijay Nair received kickbacks via South Group, which is run directly by Sarath Reddy, Ayyanna, and Eraj Wali, AAP leaders.
Kavitha’s public counsel, senior advocate Vikram Chaudhary, interposed that remand was illegal and also unjustified as her arrest was not in accordance with the required rules of law. Chaudany brought out that Kavitha, being an active MLC is currently from Telangana and raised worries that the arrest was purely about politics.
The anti-corruption bureau of which Kavitha was an accused was alleged to have displayed to be non-compliant and non-cooperative in the intercourse. Nevertheless, the opposition advocate rebutted their arguments by accusing CBI of violating her fundamental rights and disregarding them due to the lack of fairness.
