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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials arrested Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC K Kavitha reportedly in connection with the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case. The senior leader was arrested after a day-long questioning followed by a raid at her Hyderabad residence. At the time the report is being written, she is being brought by an ED team to Delhi.

Here Are Latest Updates:

- Kavitha would be produced before a special court in Delhi on Saturday, reports news agency ANI.

- In the arrest order, the concerned ED investigation officer said: "I believe that Smt. Kalvakuntla Kavitha w/o Mr. D R Anil Kumar, residing at H. No. 8-2316/S/H, Road No 14, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telengana-500034 has been guilty of an offence punishable under the provision of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (15 of 2003)."

- The concerned ED investigation officer said: "I believe that Smt. Kalvakuntla Kavitha w/o Mr. D R Anil Kumar, residing at H. No. 8-2316/S/H, Road No 14, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telengana-500034 has been guilty of an offence punishable under the provision of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (15 of 2003)," the order added as quoted by news agency ANI.

-  A high-tension drama unfolded in the lead-up to the arrest of BRS leader K Kavitha, daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, from her residence at Banjara Hills on Friday. 

- In a video posted by ANI, Kavitha's brother KTR was seen engaging in a verbal spat with the ED sleuths and other officials present at the spot. He also questioned the motive behind carrying out a search and arrest just before the weekend, as it impaired Kavitha's options to seek legal remedies. 

- "You (ED officials) have given an undertaking in the Supreme Court, and now you are violating it. You are in serious trouble," KTR said while other family members recorded the video on the phone.

- Meanwhile, BRS has called for a  statewide protest on Saturday over the arrest of K Kavitha.

- The BRS MLC, Kavitha, has asserted in the past that she had done nothing wrong and alleged that the BJP-led central government was "using" the ED as the BJP could not gain "backdoor entry" into Telangana.

- Earlier, the Central Bureau of Investigation had also questioned Kavitha in this case. The ED case of money laundering was filed taking cognisance of the CBI FIR.

- The action comes almost two months after the ED issued summons to the 45-year-old daughter of former Telangana CM and BRS chief K Chandrashekhar Rao. She was questioned thrice in this case last year, and the central agency recorded her statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

(With input from agencies)