ED summons DK Shivakumar in money laundering case on October 7
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The ED had arrested Shivakumar on September 3, 2019 in another money-laundering case and the Delhi High Court granted him bail in October that year.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued summons to Karnataka Congress chief D.K. Shivakumar in connection with a money laundering case. D.K. Shivakumar has been asked to appear before the federal agency on October 7.
DK Shivakumar was earlier questioned for over 5 hours on September 19 at ED office in Delhi. DK Shivakumar had then claimed that he was also questioned in the National Herald case and donations made by his family members to Young Indian Private Limited, a trust headed by Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi.
The ED had arrested Shivakumar on September 3, 2019 in another money-laundering case and the Delhi High Court granted him bail in October that year. The agency had in May this year filed a charge sheet against him and others in this case which was registered after taking cognisance of a Income Tax department charge sheet filed against him.
The fresh case, according to sources, is based on an FIR filed against him on corruption charges. In the first case, the ED had charged Shivakumar under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The agency began its investigation in September 2018, based on a chargesheet filed by the Income Tax department against a close associate of DK Shivakumar and staffer at the Karnataka Bhavan in Delhi along with others.
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According to sources, the Income Tax department found cross-border hawala transactions along with a network of people, and premises across Delhi and Bengaluru to transport and utilise the unaccounted for cash.
It has been alleged that DK Shivakumar and his daughter had travelled to Singapore for a financial investment in July, 2017. The I-T department claimed to have detected unaccounted wealth of Rs 429 crore linked to the Congress troubleshooter.
