BRS MLC K Kavitha Lodged in Tihar Jail Rushed To Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital

New Delhi: BRS MLC K Kavitha, who has been lodged in Tihar Jail in New Delhi was rushed to Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital on Tuesday morning after her health deteriorated.

An official said Kavitha was taken to DDU Hospital due to some health issues. However, following complaints of fever and dizziness, Kavitha was taken to the hospital for certain tests and medications and was brought back to Tihar Jail upon completion of the same. 

The 46-year-old BRS leader was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case from her Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad on March 15. 

Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was arrested by the CBI from Tihar Jail in April where she was lodged after her arrest by the ED.  

The scam pertains to alleged corruption and money laundering in the formulation and implementation of the Delhi government's excise policy for 2021-22 which was later scrapped. 

Kavitha is currently in judicial custody (JC) in both cases. Last month, the CBI filed a supplementary charge sheet against Kavitha, claiming there was sufficient evidence to prosecute her in the corruption case linked to the alleged excise scam. 

The CBI officials had earlier questioned Kavitha inside the prison after obtaining permission from a special court. 

The BRS leader was asked about the WhatsApp chats recovered from co-accused Buchi Babu's phone and documents related to a land deal, after which an amount of Rs 100 crore was allegedly paid to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in kickbacks to swing the excise policy for the national capital in favour of a liquor lobby. 

In her bail plea, Kavitha said the chargesheet was 'incomplete,' which gives her the 'indefensible right to default bail' under the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC). 

It said while the law mandated the CBI to file a complete chargesheet within 60 days of arrest, Kavitha has already spent much more than that time in custody. 

"It is amply clear that the third supplementary chargesheet has been filed with the sole purpose of obviating, scuttling and preventing the release of the applicant on default bail as also to circuitously violating the mandate of Section 309(2) of the Cr.P.C. Such inchoate and incomplete investigations aimed at violating the applicant's right of release on default bail cannot be countenanced in law and this Hon'ble Court would not be deterred from ensuring that such sharp tactics do not come in the way of the dispensation of justice to the applicant," the bail plea said.

(with PTI inputs)