Delhi liquor scam: Kavitha meets KCR, lawyers ahead of her tryst with CBI

HYDERABAD: Ahead of her meeting with the CBI officials on Sunday to record her statement in connection with the Delhi liquor scam, TRS MLC K Kavitha visited Pragathi Bhavan and was closeted with Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Saturday evening.

According to sources, several lawyers also attended the meeting where the nitty-gritties of the notice that CBI had issued to her under Section 160 of the CrPC, seeking any information she may have in regard to the Delhi liquor scam as a witness.

The CBI had said its team will visit Kavitha at her Banjara Hills residence at 11 am as suggested by her and record her statement.The CBI issued the notice after the ED in its remand report filed with Rouse Avenue District Court in Delhi at the time of producing one of the accused in the Delhi liquor scam, that she was part of the ‘South Group’ which had paid in kickbacks `100 crore to Vijay Nair, of AAP.

The report also claimed Kavitha destroying 10 phones after using them for two numbers as a result of which they could not access the data on the phones which may have shed more light on the scam.Kavitha’s meeting with CBI officials has aroused interest across the State in the wake of strained relations between her father and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and the BJP.

The scam has created interest as one of the accused, Sharath Chandra Reddy, who is former director of Hyderabad-based Aurobindo Pharma. The CBI had issued summons to Kavitha on December 2 that its team will visit her residence and record her statement on December 6. Kavitha wrote back to the CBI that she wanted a copy of the FIR and complaint lodged with the CBI by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The CBI then advised her to download both of them from its website. After going through them, she said in her communication to the CBI: “I wish to place on record that my name does not figure in any manner whatsoever.” She also said that she would not be able to meet the CBI officials on December 6 but said she would be available between December 11 and 15, except December 13.

Meanwhile, Kavitha’s supporters put up banners at her residence expressing solidarity with her. They read: “Daughter of the Fighter will never fear. We are with Kavithakka”.