Published 21:34 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.
DK Shivakumar congratulated his BJP friends over their "mission of arresting" the Congress leader, and further cried foul over his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). In multiple tweets, minutes after his arrest, Shivakumar claimed that the IT and ED cases against him are 'politically motivated' and further called himself a victim of BJP's political vendetta and vengeance. He assured his supporters that he has "done nothing illegal" and that he has faith in the country's judiciary.
After four days of interrogation, Karnataka Congress' strongman Shivakumar, faced arrested by the ED under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA.)
Charges against D K Shivakumar
Sources report that Congress leader Shivakumar's responses to the question have certain discrepancies. ED is reportedly looking to probe into the money-laundering case amounting to almost Rs. 20 crores. Earlier on August 29, Karnataka High Court rejected petition filed by Congress senior leader DK Shivakumar to squash the summons issued by Enforcement Directorate to appear in front of them before February 8. This is the second major arrest after former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram was arrested on August 22 from his Delhi residence by the CBI.
D K Shivakumar has been accused of alleged money laundering
Last September ED had filed a money laundering case against the Congress leader, Haumanthaiah (Employee at Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi), and others after carrying out intensive raids in August 2017. The case was filed based on a charge sheet (prosecution complaint) filed by the Income Tax (IT) Department before a special court in Bengaluru on the charges of alleged tax evasion and hawala transaction worth crores. The IT department had accused Shivakumar and his associate S K Sharma of transporting a big amount of unaccounted tax through 'hawala' channels with the help of three other accused in the case.
Updated 21:42 IST, September 3rd 2019