CBI grills KCR’s daughter Kavitha for over 7 hours

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers on Sunday walked out of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter, K Kavitha’s residence in Banjara Hills after questioning the latter in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case. The CBI officers questioned the CM’s daughter for over seven hours, According to sources.  

The CBI team reached Kavitha’s residence for recording her statements under section 160 CRPC in connection with the Delhi Excise Policy scam case in morning. 

Security was heightened near the residence of Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLC K Kavitha hours ahead of her questioning by the CBI. The police had set up barricades near her residence and no one is allowed to move nearby her house. 

According to the TRS sources, party workers have been instructed by TRS top leadership not to unnecessarily gather at the residence. “We will fully cooperate with the agency,” the sources had said.

Earlier, CBI wrote to her stating that it would visit her residence at 11 am on December 11 and record her statement in connection with the case. Kavitha had earlier written to the probe agency seeking deferment of summons, slated on 6 December, to anytime between December 11 and 15 (except 13) because of her preoccupied schedule. 

The CBI had earlier summoned her on 6 December in connection with the case.

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia is one of the accused in the case. The new excise Policy of the Delhi government was scrapped after Lieutenant Governor V.K. Saxena recommended a CBI investigation into the matter. 

The chargesheet submitted by the CBI in the liquor ‘scam’ case, however, did not include Sisodia’s name. The chargesheet named seven accused, including AAP’s communications chief Vijay Nair and Hyderabad-based businessman Abhishek Boinpally.