DK Shivkumar

The Congress troubleshooter DK Shivakumar was granted bail by the Delhi High Court on October 23

Congress troubleshooter DK Shivakumar was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on September 3 after undergoing four days of interrogation in relation to the case.

Pleading to the court for granting bail, Shivakumar's lawyer and Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi stated that the former Karnataka minister has already spent 45 days inside the jail.

Earlier, DK Shivakumar was admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital after the special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar had directed the ED to take him for a check-up.

Karnataka Congress MLA DK Shivakumar was arrested by ED for 'not cooperating’

The ED suspects that DK Shivakumar deposited hawala money at the All India Congress Committee office in Akbar Road in 2017. It is alleged that this money came through hawala, which was deposited in the Congress office by the associates of DK Shivkumar. 

DK Shivakumar was arrested by the ED earlier this month in connection with a money laundering case. He is under ED custody till September 13.

Shivkumar, his business associates and two staff members of the Karnataka Bhavan in Delhi are facing allegations of money laundering and Hawala operations.

The material seized is believed to be meant for bribing voters in the bypolls

The MLAs said that they wanted a change in the Karnataka government as the Congress and JD(S) had failed to provide a stable government.