Senior Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar on Friday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for being questioned in a money laundering case. Shivakumar arrived at the agency's headquarters here in the evening for recording his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). In September 2018, the ED had registered the money laundering case against Shivakumar, Haumanthaiah, an employee at Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi, and others.
The ED case was been filed after taking cognizance of a charge sheet (prosecution complaint) filed by the Income Tax Department against him last year before a special court here on charges of alleged tax evasion and Hawala transactions worth crores of rupees.
