BRS leader Kavitha reaches Hyderabad, gets rousing welcome

New Delhi: BRS MLC K Kavitha, who was released from Tihar prison in Delhi after the Supreme Court granted her bail in cases linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, on Wednesday expressed confidence that she would emerge unblemished out of the allegations against her.

After spending five months in Delhi's Tihar Jail, BRS leader Kalvakuntla Kavitha reached Hyderabad on Wednesday evening. She received a rousing welcome from the BRS supporters.

Kavitha along with her husband Anil, son Aditya and brother KTR landed at Hyderabad airport at around 5.30 pm.

She walked out of Tihar jail Tuesday evening after the Supreme Court granted her bail. The daughter of former chief minister KCR was arrested in a money laundering case linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.

On her arrival, BRS party workers gave her a roaring welcome, holding placards that read “Daughter of a Fighter,” “Satyameva Jayathe”, and “Justice Has Won.” A convoy of vehicles followed Kavitha from the airport to her residence.

"In my case also, since I have done no wrong, justice and virtue would definitely win one day. I tell Telangana people that the truth will come out in a course of time. We will continue to fight for that day," she told reporters at her residence. She said she would work more actively on the ground and participate in the struggles (on people's issues) that are being carried out across the state under the leadership of her father and former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.

"Ultimately, I am confident that I will emerge unblemished out of all these allegations as I have done no wrong," she said.

Asked about Congress' allegation that she got bail as per a tacit understanding between BRS and BJP, Kavitha said the matter is sub-judice. "The Supreme Court of India has taken a view. I do not think anybody should be commenting on it, including myself," she said.rship of my father K Chandrasekhar Rao, I was part of many fights for the state. I would never commit any mistake/crime. I am confident that I will come out clean."

Emotional scenes unfolded as she reunited with her family. Kavitha celebrated Raksha Bandhan, tying a rakhi to his brother KTR.

The ED arrested Kavitha from her Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad on March 15. The CBI arrested her on April 11 from Tihar jail.

A 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. Prolonged incarceration before being held guilty should not be permitted to become "punishment without trial", the Supreme Court has said while granting bail to BRS leader K Kavitha in the Delhi excise "scam" cases.

The SC asked her to furnish bail bonds of Rs 10 lakh each in the two cases.

The ED has alleged that Kavitha was a key member of the 'South Group' that has been accused of paying the AAP kickbacks of Rs 100 crore in return for a big share of liquor licences in the national capital. ED alleged that Kavitha is one of the kingpins, a key conspirator, and a beneficiary of the Delhi Excise Policy Scam.