Bangalore: Central probe agency Enforcement Directorate (ED) has once again summoned Karnataka Congress unit chief DK Shivakumar for questioning. Shivakumar, who is facing an ED investigation in the disproportionate assets case, has been asked to appear in the ED office on November 7. Let us tell you that Shivkumar is involved in Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra these days. Shivakumar was arrested in the year 2019 in the case of money laundering. However, he was also granted bail by the Delhi High Court in October the same year.
The ED had filed a chargesheet against Shivakumar and others in June. The investigating agency had registered this FIR on the basis of a complaint lodged by the Income Tax Department. Shivakumar had termed all the allegations against him as baseless and politically motivated. During the Income Tax proceedings against 7-time MLA of Karnataka Shivakumar, he had unaccounted assets worth Rs 800 crore, after which the ED arrested Shivakumar in 2019 by registering a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act i.e. PMLA Act. However, he was later granted bail. In this case, the ED has also summoned Shivakumar's wife and mother.
At the same time, on 7 October, Congress leader Shivakumar was also questioned in a money laundering case related to the National Herald newspaper. Along with Shivakumar, his brother and MP DK Suresh also appeared before the ED for questioning in this case. After coming out of the ED office, Shivakumar said that he was asked a series of questions about Young Indian (a company owned by National Herald), his family members and institutions related to him. Shivakumar had said, 'I am a law-abiding citizen. I respect the law.'
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