ED arrests Karnataka Cong leader DK Shivkumar in money laundering case

New Delhi: After the four days of questioning by the Enforcement Directorate, the Karnataka former Minister and Congress leader DK Shivkumar was arrested on Tuesday night here under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), a  Government source said.The central financial probing agency was grilling the Congress leader for the fourth day in Delhi office in connection with a money laundering case.

The probe agency move comes after the charge sheet was filed by the Income Tax Department against him in a local court of Bangaluru for alleged hawala transactions.

An  IT raid was conducted at his  Delhi's residence  on August 2, 2017 led to seizure of unaccounted cash worth Rs 8.59 crore.

His appeal to the Karnataka High Karnataka High Court  for interim protection from arrest by the  probe agency was rejected and after that he appeared before the ED on Friday.(UNI)