Delhi court summons Congress leader D K Shivakumar in money laundering case

Shivakumar, who is the president of the Congress' Karnataka unit, was arrested by the ED in the case on September 3, 2019

A Delhi court on Tuesday summoned Congress state unit president D K Shivakumar and others in a money laundering case lodged against him in 2018, after taking cognisance of the charge sheet filed against them.

Special judge (MP/MLA court) Vikas Dhull directed Shivakumar to appear on July 1.

The court gave the order after taking cognisance of a charge sheet filed by Enforcement Directorate through its Special Public Prosecutor Nitesh Rana against Shivakumar and others in the case.

Summons were also issued to co-accused Sachin Narayan, Sunil Kumar Sharma, Rajendra and Karnataka Bhavan employee Anjaneya H.

Based on the Income Tax probe, the ED registered a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) case against Shivakumar in 2018 and he was arrested by the agency on September 3, 2019, before being ordered to be released from the Tihar jail on bail on October 23, 2019, by the Delhi High Court. Last week the ED filed charge sheet against the accused persons.

The advocate representing the ED said that money a laundering case was registered against Shivakumar after Rs 8.59 crore cash was seized from his Safdarjung Enclave apartment.