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Karnataka Congress’ Troubleshooter-In-Chief D K Shivakumar Arrested By ED In Money Laundering Probe
Congress leader D K Shivakumar. (Photo by Arijit Sen/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Senior Congress leader D K Shivakumar who is the party’s Karnataka troubleshooter-in-chief was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday evening (3 September) in connection with a money laundering case.
The ED will now carry out a custodial interrogation of Shivakumar and he would be produced before a Delhi court on Wednesday (4 September). Reports have claimed that his lack of cooperation was the reason for the ED seeking his arrest.
He is believed to have moved mountains to ensure the survival of the erstwhile JD(S)-Congress government, which included camping outside the Mumbai hotel where the rebel MLAs were holed-up. His efforts were ultimately unsuccessful.
He is the second Congress leader to be arrested in recent days. The CBI had arrested former Finance Minister P Chidambram on 21 August in connection with the INX Media Scam.
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