DKS money laundering case: ED summons Congress MLA Lakshmi Hebbalkar

Earlier, the ED had questioned DKS’s daughter Aisshwarya in connection with the case as well.
DKS money laundering case: ED summons Congress MLA Lakshmi Hebbalkar
DKS money laundering case: ED summons Congress MLA Lakshmi Hebbalkar
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Congress MLA from Belgaum Rural Lakshmi Hebbalkar to appear on Thursday as a witness in relation to the money laundering case registered against Congress leader DK Shivakumar.

"Yes, ED has summoned me as a witness in DK Shivakumar sir's case. Initially, they had summoned me on September 14 but I couldn't go that day and I informed ED. They have summoned me again on September 19. I am in the flight now. They said I have to come and give my statement," Lakshmi Hebbalkar told TNM.

Earlier, DK Shivakumar’s daughter Aisshwarya had appeared before the ED on September 12 after having been summoned a week earlier. At the time ED officials had stated that she would be questioned with regards to a trust fund that was set up in her name as well as about the significant increase in her wealth between 2013 and 2018. Ahead of the 2018 Karnataka State Assembly Elections, DK Shivakumar had declared that his daughter’s assets amounted to a whopping Rs 108 crores, while in 2013 she only had Rs 1.09 crores.

She was questioned for seven hours in connection with the money laundering case registered against her father.

In addition, Sachin Narayan, a close associate of DK Shivakumar was also questioned by the ED with regards to the case.

On September 3, DK Shivakumar was arrested after being accused of setting up hawala networks to launder money. The ED had been probing the matter since a cash amount of Rs 8.86 crores were found in the senior leader’s residence in New Delhi in August 2017. He later applied for bail on September 4, which the ED objected to stating that he would “influence the witnesses.”

The Additional Solicitor General KM Nataraj, representing the ED, had stated that DK Shivakumar and his family members collectively have 317 bank accounts and accused him of laundering more than Rs 200 crore cash. The ED accused DK Shivakumar and his family members of acquiring assets worth more than Rs 800 crore through tainted money.

The senior leader has now been remanded to judicial custody.

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