As soon as Kavitha was produced in the Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi to send her to the 'reformatory', she pleaded for several facilities.
BRS MLC K Kavitha. (File pic/Supplied)
When BRS MLC K Kavitha was remanded to judicial custody till 9 April in the Delhi liquor policy scam, on Tuesday, 26 March — she was allowed a list of comforts inside the prison.
Special Judge Kaveri Baweja sent Kavitha to 14 days of judicial custody.
Kavitha might be only an accused in the case and no court has pronounced any judgement on her involvement in the case, yet the facilities allowed are quite a few. They come as a surprise even to ordinary earthlings.
The benefits allowed are intended to make her stay in Tihar Jail easy and comfortable. As soon as Kavitha was produced in the Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi to send her to the “reformatory”, she pleaded for several facilities.
Here’s a look at the facilities the court allowed, on medical grounds, while remanding her to judicial custody.
Instructions to Tihar Jail were:
Even a layman would wonder whether the comforts, barring medicines, are all that necessary, even though she is not a convict.
Allowing medicines may be appropriate if her health condition requires it, but extending other benefits may make the law being too liberal to her. If you are a politician in India, even jail could be a home away from home.
The ED has alleged that Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was a key member of the ‘South Group’ that has been accused of paying the AAP kickbacks of ₹100 crore in return for a big share of liquor licences in the national capital.
ED suspects that Kavitha had orchestrated a deal with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the then deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia.
(Edited by Kamna Revanoor)
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