DK Shivakumar to skip ED summons, plans to attend Congress employee’s celebration

On November 6, Karnataka Congress Chief DK Shivakumar stated in a press release that he would skip Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons in connection to the alleged National Herald Money Laundering case. Speaking to ANI, he stated as a substitute of showing earlier than ED, he can be attending a celebration of a celebration employee.

I can’t seem earlier than ED tomorrow, shall be collaborating in a celebration employee’s birthday occasion, says Karnataka Congress chief DK Shivakumar https://t.co/oQ4R4kkWr9

— ANI (@ANI) November 6, 2022

Shivakumar stated, “I will not appear before ED tomorrow, will be participating in a party worker’s birthday event.” Earlier, on November 5, he instructed ANI that he and his brother DK Suresh had been summoned by ED to depose earlier than the investigating officer on November 7. “I’ll take a decision on it today,” he had stated.

Reports counsel that the brothers had been summoned by the investigating company to query them in regards to the unspecified amount of cash donated to Young India up to now. Young India is the corporate that owns National Herald. Earlier, ED had questioned Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi within the matter.

Shivakumar was earlier questioned on October 7 on the Delhi workplace of ED. Another questioning occurred on September 19 the place he was quizzed in one other cash laundering case linked to the alleged possession of disproportionate belongings.

The case towards Congress chief DK Shivakumar

In May 2022, ED filed cost sheet towards DK Shivakumar below numerous Sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) earlier than a Delhi court docket. The investigation company acknowledged that there is no such thing as a account of Shivakumar’s belongings price about Rs 8 crore.

On September 3, 2019, DK Shivakumar was arrested by the ED for not cooperating throughout the investigation of him. He was arrested below the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after his hyperlinks with corrupt Karnataka state authorities officers had been established. The cash laundering angle got here to mild after-tax officers raided Shivakumar’s residence are different places in New Delhi, in August 2017, which led to the seizure of unaccounted money price Rs.8.59 crore with out proof of its supply of revenue.

DK Shivakumar was granted bail in the identical yr in October after he moved the High Court for bail when his bail plea was rejected by a particular CBI Court. Others penalised together with Shivakumar had been his enterprise associates Sachin Narayan and Sunil Kumar Sharma (homeowners of Sharma Travels) and Anjaneya Hanumant and Rajendran, the workers of Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi, the place the money was discovered.