Delhi liquor policy case: SC rejects BRS leader Kavitha's plea for stay on ED summons

NEW DELHI: In a setback for Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha, the Supreme Court on Monday rejected her plea for stay on the summons issued by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to the Delhi liquor policy case.
The Supreme Court has also tagged her plea, which said that a woman can't be summoned for questioning before ED in office and that her questioning should take place at her residence, with other similar petitions. The matter has been listed for hearing after three weeks.
Kavitha, the daughter of Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, had sought protection from arrest, challenging the summons by the ED.
On March 15, the top court agreed to hear her plea. She was last quizzed for about 10 hours on March 21, which was her third day of deposition before the Enforcement Directorate. Before that on March 11, the 44-year-old BRS leader deposed before the ED to record her statement and was summoned again on March 16 for questioning.
According to official sources, Kavitha, during her questioning by the ED, was confronted with the statements made by Hyderabad-based businessman Arun Ramchandran Pillai, who has been arrested in the case, apart from those of a few other accused.