Updated: October 5, 2020 10:42:20 am
President of the Congress of Karnataka DK Shivakumar
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday conducted raids on the 14 properties of Congressional leader DK Shivakumar in Karnataka, Mumbai and Delhi in an alleged corruption case. The houses of Shivakumar’s brother and Bengaluru rural MP DK Suresh in Karnataka have also been raided by the central agency.
The IWC has registered a case against the head of the Karnataka Congress on charges of acquiring disproportionate assets. Searches are under way today at 14 locations, including nine in Karnataka, four in Delhi and one in Mumbai.
According to sources, CBI teams conducted raids on DK Shivakumar’s home in Sadashivanagar in Bengaluru and on DK Suresh’s properties in Kanakapura and Bengaluru. The sources also added that CBI SP Thomson José led the search operation that began at 6 am today and that the central agency had obtained a warrant from the CBI Special Court judge on Sunday night.
Last year, Shivakumar was housed in Tihar Jail in New Delhi in connection with a money laundering case investigated by the Directorate of Execution. Shivakumar was arrested on September 3, 2019 by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case filed in 2018 following an Income Tax Department investigation in 2017, when unaccounted for cash was found in the amount of over Rs 8 crore in New Delhi at locations allegedly linked to the leader of Congress.
Meanwhile, in reaction to Monday’s raids, the former Karnataka prime minister and congressional leader called it an attempt to “mislead the public.” “@ BJP4India has always tried to indulge in vengeful politics and mislead the public’s attention,” Siddaramaiah tweeted. “The latest CBI raid on the home of @KPCCPresident @ DKShivakumar is another attempt to derail our preparation for the by-elections,” he added, condemning the action.
The IWC raids were also condemned by congressional spokesman Randeep Surjewala. ”The insidious game of intimidation and machinations of the Modi-Yeddyurappa duo executed by a puppet CBI by assaulting @DKShivakumar will not stop us. CBI should unearth the layers of corruption in the Yeddyurappa government, ”he tweeted.
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Let the front organizations of Modi & Yeddyurappa Govts & BJP, i.e. CBI-ED-Income Tax, know that the workers and leaders of Congress will not flinch or bow down to such devious attempts.Our determination to fight for the people and expose BJP mismanagement only grows stronger. https://t.co/AfoJgxOsGl
– Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) October 5, 2020
Based on TI’s investigations and complaint to the court of tax evasion and criminal conspiracy to evade taxes under Section 120 B of the Indian Penal Code, ED registered a case against Shivakumar and his associates in September 2018. He was charged with funneling unaccounted money through hawala channels with the help of others. Under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), Shivakumar was charged with tax evasion and ‘hawala’ transactions worth millions of rupees.
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