Senior Congress leader Shivkumar arrested for money laundering |
Indian Enforcement Directorate has arrested senior Congress leader of Karnataka, DK Shivakumar, in connection with a money laundering case. The former minister and sitting MLA appeared before the ED for questioning for the fourth timeTuesday at its headquarters in New Delhi. Incidents of stone pelting by the supporters of the congress leader were reported in Bengaluru. Shivakumar was placed under arrest as per provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act on Tuesday night. Officials said, the probe agency wants the Congress leader to be put through custodial interrogation and hence he was arrested. Shivakumar will be produced before a court in New Delhi on Wednesday by the ED for seeking his custody. The central agency had in September last year registered the money laundering case against Shivakumar, Anjaneya Hanumanthaiah, an employee at Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi, and others. Shivakumar had to appear before the agency after the Karnataka High Court last week dismissed his petition challenging the summons issued to him by the ED. The ED had filed a PMLA case against him and others based on a charge sheet filed by the Income Tax Department against them last year before a special court in Bengaluru on charges of alleged tax evasion and hawala transactions worth crores of rupees.
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