DK Shivakumar appears before ED in Delhi for questioning. Video

The probe agency is understood to have issued him the latest summons after taking cognisance of a CBI case against him, linked to alleged possession of disproportionate assets

Karnataka Congress chief D K Shivakumar on Monday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in Delhi for questioning in a money laundering case. Shivakumar is expected to be grilled by the officials till late evening.

DK Shivakumar is expected to be grilled by the officials till late evening.

According to a PTI report, the Congress leader reached the office of the Enforcement Directorate at the APJ Abdul Kalam Road at around 12 pm and was seen entering the office after getting an entry pass from the front office. The probe agency is understood to have issued him the latest summons after taking cognisance of a CBI case against him, linked to alleged possession of disproportionate assets. Shivakumar was even arrested by the ED on September 3, 2019, in another money-laundering case and the Delhi High Court granted him bail in October the same year.

DK Shivakumar is supposed to oversee the mass contact programme which enters Karnataka on September 30. The Congress has also planned to conduct a huge event at Karnataka’s Bellary at the end of walkathon in the southern state

The Karnataka Congress last week launched a campaign titled ‘40 per cent Sarkara, BJP means Bhrashtachara’ (40% government, BJP means misgovernance)" to protest the alleged corruption prevailing in Karnataka.