DKShi’s plea to quash ED summons dismissed by HC

Team Udayavani, Aug 29, 2019, 6:51 PM IST

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court denied to cancel the ED summons issued against Congress leader DK Shivakumar and his four associates in connection with the cash found at his flat in New Delhi on 2017 August.

The court has allowed the ED to continue with its investigation and also observed that there is evidence of black money in the case.

The ED is likely to issue fresh summons to the Congress’s trouble-shooter to probe into his alleged involvement in Hawala transactions. However, Shivakumar is planning to appeal before the Supreme Court on Friday, informed sources.

It may be recalled that the ED had filed a case under Section 120 B of Information Technology Act (criminal conspiracy) based on a complaint filed by the Income Tax department alleging that Shivakumar had wilfully evaded tax and also filed a false statement.

Shivakumar, along with four others—Sachin Narayan, Sunil Kumar Sharma, Anjaneya Hanumanthaiah and Rajendra N.—is the accused in the case related to unaccounted cash recovered from four flats in Delhi in 2017.