Published 21:42 IST, September 3rd 2019

DK Shivakumar tweets mid-arrest, calls himself victim of BJP vengeance

Congress' DK Shivakumar congratulated his BJP friends over their  "mission of arresting" the Congress leader, and further cried foul over his arrest by the ED.

Reported by: Aishwaria Sonavane
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DK Shivakumar congratulated his BJP friends over ir  "mission of arresting" Congress leer, and furr cried foul over his arrest by Enforcement Directorate (ED).  In multiple tweets, minutes after his arrest, Shivakumar claimed that IT and ED cases against him are 'politically motivated' and furr called himself a victim of BJP's political vendetta and vengeance. He assured his supporters that he has "done thing illegal" and that he has faith in country's judiciary.

After four days of interrogation, Karnataka Congress' strongman Shivakumar, faced arrested by ED under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA.)

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Charges against D K Shivakumar

Sources report that Congress leer Shivakumar's responses to question have certain discrepancies. ED is reportedly looking to probe into money-laundering case amounting to almost Rs. 20 crores. Earlier on August 29, Karnataka High Court rejected petition filed by Congress senior leer DK Shivakumar to squash summons issued by Enforcement Directorate to appear in front of m before February 8. This is second major arrest after former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was arrested on August 22 from his Delhi residence by CBI.

D K Shivakumar has been accused of alleged money laundering 

Last September ED h filed a money laundering case against Congress leer, Haumanthaiah (Employee at Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi), and ors after carrying out intensive raids in August 2017. case was filed based on a charge sheet (prosecution complaint) filed by Income Tax (IT) Department before a special court in Bengaluru on charges of alleged tax evasion and hawala transaction worth crores.  IT department h accused Shivakumar and his associate S K Sharma of transporting a big amount of unaccounted tax through 'hawala' channels with help of three or accused in case. 

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21:34 IST, September 3rd 2019