As per report the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on September 3 arrested senior Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar. Shivakumar was arrested after four days of grilling by the ED in an alleged money laundering case, according to the news channel. Meanwhile the Congress troubleshooter arrived at the ED headquarters at Khan Market around 11 am on September 2. Furthermore the investigating officer of the case had grilled him for over four hours on August 30 and about eight hours the next day as part of the probe.
Apparently the former Karnataka cabinet minister's statement was recorded during the last two occasions under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Meanwhile making his first appearance on August 30, after he arrived by air from Bengaluru, the MLA from the Kanakapura assembly seat, had said he would cooperate with the ED in the probe.
Perhaps Shivakumar had denied any wrongdoing and had said that his "instrumental role" in ensuring safe stay of Gujarat Congress MLAs in a Karnataka resort during the Rajya Sabha polls in 2017, amid allegations that the BJP was trying to poach them, was the reason for the Income Tax (I-T) searches and subsequent ED action against him. Moreover the central agency had in September last year registered a money laundering case against Shivakumar, Haumanthaiah, an employee at Karnataka Bhavan in New delhi, and others.
