DKShi’s arrest: ED raids solar plants
Team Udayavani, Sep 7, 2019, 10:42 AM IST
Bellari: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials on Friday, September 6 began search operations in solar power plants at Gaddikere village in Hagaribommanahalli taluk in the district, which are suspected to be benami properties owned by Congress legislator D.K. Shivakumar, who is now in the Enforcement Directorate custody in a money laundering case.
As per the sources the six solar power plants were sanctioned for Gaddigere when Shivakumar was energy minister during the tenure of former chief minister Siddaramaiah.
Of the six plants, one each is owned by T. Chandrashekhar and Srinath Malagi of Hagaribommanahalli and Bagalkote, respectively. Four plants have been sanctioned to Razia Saleem, Gangaraju, Manasa and S. Shashidhar all from Bengaluru.
The ED sleuths who are in Bengaluru are still continuing the search operations,informed sources.
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