New Delhi : The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case against Karnataka minister D.K. Shivakumar and few others on the basis of an alleged tax evasion and hawala transactions case, officials said.
The agency has booked Shivakumar, Haumanthaiah, an employee at Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi, and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, they said.
The case has been filed based on a charge sheet filed by the income tax department against him early this year before a special court in Bangalore on charges of alleged tax evasion and hawala transactions worth crores.
The agency is expected to summon the accused soon for recording their statements.
The I-T Department has accused Shivakumar and his associate S.K. Sharma of transporting huge amounts of unaccounted cash regularly, through 'hawala' channels with help of the three other accused.
”As per facts and analysis of evidences, it is clear that accused number 1 (Shivakumar) has set up an extensive network of persons and premises across Delhi and Bengaluru in order to transport and utilise unaccounted cash,” the department had said. PTI
