A Delhi court on Friday sent BRS leader K Kavitha to three-day custody of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case.

Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court sent K Kavitha to CBI’s custody till April 15, after she was produced before the court post her arrest.

The CBI, seeking the custody of Kavitha in the liquor policy case, had claimed before the Delhi court on Friday that her role in the conspiracy to collect a Rs 100 crore kickback from a liquor baron was revealed during the probe. The agency alleged that a businessman from the south met Arvind Kejriwal at his office seeking his support and the Chief Minister told him that K Kavitha will contact him.

One liquor businessman from the south met Arvind Kejriwal at the Chief Minister’s office chamber in Delhi on March 16, 2022. He sought the Chief Minister’s support. Arvind Kejriwal assured him and said K Kavitha would contact him in this regard. Kejriwal asked for funds in exchange,” the agency said.

The BRS leader has been sent to CBI custody till April 15. Kavitha, who is already in Tihar Jail after her arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the liquor policy