The high-profile arrest of BRS chief and former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s daughter and BRS MLC K Kavitha is said to be only to facilitate the arrest of Delhi chief minister and AAP chief Aravind Kejriwal, who turns to be hard-nut for the ruling BJP in the Lok Sabha elections.
It may be recalled that Kejriwal revealed last month that he received some offers from top BJP leaders to avoid alliance with Congress, so that he can also avoid any stern action by central probe agencies against him.
Kavitha’s arrest was also said to be intended to sent a strong warning to Kejriwal asking him to keep away from Congress. As now Kejriwal arrest was executed, the central probe agencies are said to be considering various options to facilitate Kavitha’s release from jail.
According to high-placed sources, Kavitha is likely to become the government witness in Delhi excise police-linked money laundering case. It is interesting to note that already as 15 keey persons in this case have already testified themselves as the government’s witness in the matter.
Moreover, some key persons closely associated with YSRCP like Sarath Chandra Reddy were also released from bail after they turned as `approvers’.
Kavitha was arrested after a day-long questioning followed by a raid at her Hyderabad residence on March 15. The action came almost two months after the ED issued summons to the 45-year-old BRS MLC. She was questioned thrice in this case last year, with the central agency recording her statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The BRS leader claimed earlier that she did nothing wrong and alleged that the BJP at the Centre was “using” the ED as it could not gain a “backdoor entry” into Telangana.
