The Special Court for Economic Offences has registered a fresh criminal case against D.K. Shivakumar, Minister for Water Resources and Medical Education, on the allegation of wilfully attempting to evade tax and filing false income tax statement, under the provisions of the Income Tax Act and issued summons to him and four other accused persons asking them to appear before it on August 2.
The other accused persons are Sachin Narayan and Sunil Kumar Sharma, both residents of Bengaluru and close friends of Mr. Shivakumar; Anjaneya Hanumanthaiah and Rajendra N., residents of New Delhi and associates of Mr. Shivakumar.
The Special Court passed the order on June 18 acting on a complaint filed by the Income Tax Department based on analysis of documents recovered during the raids conducted last year on Mr. Shivakumar and his associates at some locations in Delhi and Bengaluru, and the statements of the accused persons.
The court registered the case against Mr. Shivakumar for offences punishable under Sections 276C (1) [wilfully attempt evade tax], 277 [giving false statement in variation] of the Income Tax Act, and Sections 193 [intentionally giving a false statement before a judicial proceeding], 199[false statement ] and 120B [criminal conspiracy] of the Indian Penal Code.
The other four accused have been booked for the offences punishable under Section 278 [abetment of false return, etc] of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 193, 199 and 120B of the IPC.
Referred to ED
Meanwhile, sources in the I-T Department said they had forwarded the details of certain financial transactions of Mr. Shivakumar to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to be probed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
