ED arrests DK Shivakumar in money laundering case, Congress cries vendetta

Congress leader DK Shivakumar was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate. He was arrested after being questioned for 5 days by the agency. The Congress leader from Karnataka is under scanner in an alleged money laundering case worth Rs 7 crore. Congress called the arrest a case of vendetta politics and a bid by the government to divert attention from the state of the economy. After being summoned by ED, Shivakumar had addressed the press on August 30 and called himself a law-abiding citizen.