Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been conducting simultaneous raids on the home of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) chairman D.Ok. Shivakumar and different premises linked to him on Monday morning. Raids are additionally on on the residence of Congress Bengaluru Rural MP and Mr. Shivakumar’s brother D.Ok. Suresh. The central company is probing expenses of corruption in opposition to the previous power minister, sources stated.
Raids are on at 14 premises linked to Mr. Shivakumar and Mr. Suresh, together with their residences at Sadashivanagar in Bengaluru. The household house in Kanakapura and premises linked to him in Mumbai and Delhi are additionally being raided, sources stated.
The raids come whilst Mr. Shivakumar is main the marketing campaign for bypolls for 2 meeting seats — RR Nagar and Sira — scheduled for November 3. Chief of opposition Siddaramaiah tweeted: “BJP has all the time tried to take pleasure in vindictive politics And mislead public consideration. The newest CBI raid on KPCC president D. Ok. Shivakumar’s home in one other try and derail Our preparation for the bypolls.”
Nevertheless, CBI sources claimed this was solely a pure course of occasions as Karnataka High Court had only recently upheld state government’s consent to probe Mr. Shivakumar underneath Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, that one of many accused within the case had challenged.
Search and seizure operations by Earnings Tax Division in August 2017 had recovered ₹8.59 crore unaccounted money from a flat in Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi.
Enforcement Directorate (ED) had registered a case for alleged cash laundering and arrested Mr. Shivakumar on September 3, 2019. He was released on bail on October 24, 2019 after spending over fifty days in Tihar Jail.
The ED had written to CBI and the State authorities recommending for a CBI probe underneath the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 to probe if the unaccounted money seized was proceeds of corruption.
The ED and I-T Division had additionally flagged different suspected transactions and benami properties that will have been a results of corruption. Based mostly on the advice from ED and a request from CBI, the State authorities had given consent for CBI probe on September 25, 2019.
Shashi Kumar Shivanna, an worker of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, a detailed relative of Mr. Shivakumar, going through expenses of partaking in property transactions on behalf of Mr. Shivakumar who has been going through expenses of benami properties, had challenged the state authorities giving sanction for CBI probe. Karnataka Excessive Courtroom dismissed the petition on July 25, 2020.
