K Kavitha arrested: Kavitha’s Hyderabad residence was searched for five hours by ED and income tax officials on Friday.BRS leader K Kavitha, daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case linked to the Delhi liquor policy probe after hours of raids at her Hyderabad residence on Friday. Kavitha will be brought to Delhi for further questioning, news agencies reported. This came hours after ED and income tax officials conducted searches at her Hyderabad residence triggering protests from BRS supporters. Kavitha’s brother and former Telangana minister KT Rama Rao reached Kavitha’s residence after ED officials reportedly took Kavitha in custody.Kavitha’s husband D Anil Kumar was present at the residence when the search took place.This is the third high-profile arrest after Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh, both from Aam Aadmi Party. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal is also being probed in connection with the same case and Kejriwal has skipped all recent summons by the ED.“What they informed us in the house is that we will take you (Kavitha) to Delhi by 8.45 pm flight. It appears that they had decided to take her into custody and even booked a flight ticket for Kavitha even before they came here,” Senior BRS leader and former minister Prasanth Reddy told reporters at the BRS MLC’s residence, PTI reported.What is K Kavitha’s connection with the Delhi liquor policy case?It is the same case in connection with which former Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia is in jail. According to the allegations, there was a ‘south cartel’ involved in the Delhi liquor policy scam in which K Kavitha played a major role. Others in this cartel were Hyderabad businessman Sarath Reddy, YSR Congress MP Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, his son Raghav Magunta Reddy. This south cartel was represented by businessman Arun Pillai and Abhishek Boinpally and a chartered accountant Butchibabu.
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