'Shivakumar Deposited Huge Amount Of Money At Congress HQ', Reveal Documents Procured By Agencies

Congress leader Shivakumar is in ED's custody since September 3 in connection with a money laundering case.

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New Delhi: Arrested Congress DK Shivakumar had allegedly deposited a huge amount of money at Congress headquarters, documents procured by the investigation agencies suggested. As per the documents, Shivakumar had deposited several crores of rupees at Congress headquarters, a development which can shoot troubles for the All India Congress Committee. The Enforcement Directorate doubts that the amount was transacted through illegal means. The ED will be questioning Congress leader Vijay Mulgund of Karnataka Congress Pradesh Committee in this regard. The ED is also planning to interrogate some officials of LIC’s accounting department along with some Congress leaders. The ED will soon issue a summon notice in this regard. ED on Friday took Shivakumar to Tughlak Road police station in Delhi. Shivakumar, who is in ED's custody since September 3 in connection with a money laundering case was earlier taken to the RML hospital on Thursday. On Monday, a special court had refused to increase the time allotted to Shivakumar, who is under ED custody till September 13, for meeting his family members and lawyers. The Congress leader through an application has sought extra time to meet family and lawyers from 30 minutes to 1 hour. The court had earlier allowed family and lawyers to meet DK Shivakumar regularly for 30 minutes. D K Shivakumar's bail application is scheduled to be heard on September 13. A money laundering case was registered by the agency against him in September last year, based on a complaint filed by the Income Tax Department. The I-T Department, during the initial probe, had found unaccounted and misreported wealth linked to Shivkumar. The I-T Department also came across money laundering and hawala operations, involving a network of persons across Delhi and Bengaluru. They had allegedly set up a base in order to transport and utilise the unaccounted cash. Earlier on Thursday, Aishwarya, Shivakumar's daughter appeared at the ED office for questioning in connection with the money laundering case in which Kumar is an accused. Watch report: (additional inputs from agencies)