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Excise policy scam: BRS leader K Kavitha walks out of jail after 5 months

BRS workers and supporters who had gathered outside the jail to welcome her played drums and burst crackers as she stepped out of the prison complex

BRS leader K Kavitha (Photo: ANI)

Kavitha (46) was released from Tihar's jail number 6 where she was lodged for nearly five months. | Photo: ANI

Press Trust of India New Delhi

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BRS leader K Kavitha, who was arrested in March this year, walked out of Tihar Jail here late Tuesday evening, hours after the Supreme Court granted her bail in corruption and money laundering cases linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.

BRS workers and supporters who had gathered outside the jail to welcome her played drums and burst crackers as she stepped out of the prison complex. Kavitha's brother and BRS working president K T Rama Rao was also present.

 


Kavitha (46) was released from Tihar's jail number 6 where she was lodged for nearly five months.

The Enforcement Directorate had arrested her from her Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad on March 15 and the CBI had arrested her from Tihar jail on April 11.

While granting bail on Tuesday, an apex court bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan noted that Kavitha had been in custody for around five months and the probe against her by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was complete in these cases.

 

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First Published: Aug 27 2024 | 10:51 PM IST

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