New Delhi, BRS leader K Kavitha on Monday filed a plea in a Delhi court for bail in a corruption case registered by the CBI in connection with the alleged excise duty scam.

The application is likely to be heard later in the day by special judge for CBI and ED Kaveri Baweja, who earlier in the day had sent Kavita to judicial custody till April 23.

The daughter of former Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao was arrested from Tihar Jail, where she is lodged following her arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

After the expiry of the three-day police custody granted earlier by the judge, the CBI produced the accused in the court and sought JC from him.

The investigating agency told the court that there was no need for further custodial interrogation.

Advocate Nitish Rana, representing Kavita along with Deepak Nagar, opposed the police plea saying the grounds are not sufficient to keep her in custody as there is no need for her custodial interrogation now.

CBI officials had recently interrogated Kavita inside the jail after taking permission from a special court.

ED arrested Kavita (46) on March 15 from her Banjara Hills residence in Hyderabad.