DKshi hospitalised due to high BP

New Delhi/Bengaluru: Former minister D K Shivakumar, who was recently arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with an alleged money laundering case has been hospitalized due to high blood pressure.

DK Shivakumar was suffering from high BP for the past three days. He was admitted to RML Hospital on Saturday, informed sources.

A Delhi court on Friday extended the custodial interrogation of Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) by four days till September 17 in a money laundering case.

The ED had in September last year registered the money laundering case against Shivakumar, Haumanthaiah, an employee at the Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi, and others.

Shivakumar had to appear before the ED after the Karnataka High Court last week dismissed his petition challenging the summons issued to him by the agency.

The ED had filed the PMLA case against him and others based on a charge sheet (prosecution complaint) filed by the Income Tax Department against them last year before a special court in Bengaluru on charges of alleged tax evasion and hawala transactions worth crores.

The I-T department has accused Shivakumar and his alleged associate S K Sharma of transporting huge amount of unaccounted cash on a regular basis through ‘hawala’ channels with the help of three other accused.