Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Monday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case. Shivakumar, who was summoned by the financial probe agency last week in connection with a new case, appeared before it around 12 noon here at its headquarters. He was questioned under the provisions of the Prevention of the Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 for two hours and was allowed to go out for lunch for an hour. Speaking to The New Indian, Shivakumar said, “What to do? I can’t run away, no.” He was responding to a question that he appeared before the agency despite running a fever. When asked about the new ECIR of FIR against him, the Karnataka Congress leader said, “They did not give me a copy.” Shivakumar, who has been the troubleshooter of the Congress in Karnataka, has been at loggerheads with the ED since 2018 when the agency registered a case of money laundering against him. Meanwhile, Karnataka Congress in charge and Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Singh Surjewala took a swipe at the BJP government at the Centre over Shivakumar’s questioning by ED. In a tweet, he said, “The ED harassment & persecution of DK Shivakumar is in stark
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Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar on Monday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case. Shivakumar, who was summoned by…
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Anand Singh
Anand Singh, is currently working as Assistant Editor and comes with an experience of over 14 years in covering stories from hinterland of India. He writes on CBI, ED and NIA. He has covered some prominent cases like Mehul Choksi-Nirav Modi PNB fraud, Yes Bank fraud, Chanda Kochhar Videocon case, Rs 3,600 cr AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case, J&K terror funding case, Bhima Koregaon and Pulwama Terror attack case extensively. He has worked closely with Rohan Dua on several projects including investigations that have questioned both moral turpitude and conduct of the who's who in the political firmament and civil society.