Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar on August 30 appeared before the Enforcement Directorate to record his statement in a money laundering case.
The ED summoned him again after the Karnataka High Court on August 29 dismissed his plea against the earlier summons.
The ED had opened its probe in September last year based on a chargesheet filed by the Income Tax Department alleging tax evasion and hawala transactions. The I-T Department had conducted searches on the premises linked to Mr. Shivakumar in August 2017. It is alleged that unaccounted cash of about ₹20 crore was seized.
Earlier on Friday, Mr. Shivakumar tweeted: “Have received summons from ED late yesterday night at 9.40 PM asking for me to appear at 1 PM in Delhi today. Although the sudden scheduling by ED is malafide, I believe in rule of law & will definitely participate & fully co-operate with them and abide by the law of our country.”
“IT raid on me was politically motivated for hosting Gujarat Congress MLAs. As a loyal soldier of Congress & a responsible politician, I did what party asked me to do, for which I am being targeted I have full faith in legal systems & will face this legally as well as politically,” he added.
