A special court in Delhi refused to increase time allotted to Karnataka Congress leer DK Shivakumar, to meet his family and lawyers, on Monday, September 9. DK Shivakumar is currently under Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody till September 13. Congress leer, through an application, sought to extend visitation period from 30 minutes to 1 hour, however, court turned his request down.

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Shivakumar in custody till September 13

D K Shivakumar is currently under ED custody till September 13, in connection with an alleged money laundering case, his bail application will be heard on same day as well. A Delhi court on September 4 sent Congress leer to ED custody. Earlier, while seeking remand, ED h sought Shivakumar's custody asserting that he gave evasive replies and remained n-cooperative during investigation.

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ditional Solicitor General (ASG) KM Natraj told court that re is a reason to believe that Shivakumar is guilty of laundering money and his custodial interrogation is required to confront him with documents. counsel furr contended that assets of his whole family have grown phemenally over past few years. Senior vocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, representing Shivakumar, strongly opposed remand application of ncy and said that a bail application has been moved on his behalf.

Karnataka High Court dismissed his petition

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On August 29, Karnataka High Court h dismissed his petition challenging summons issued by ED in December 2018. Later that night, he was summoned by law enforcement ncy under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and was asked to appear before it on August 30, following which he was interrogated for four days.

57-year-old leer h earlier asserted that he has t done anything wrong and will fully cooperate with investigating ncy. 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 on 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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(Inputs from ANI)