DKShi shifted to Tihar jail from RML hospital

New Delhi/Bengaluru: Former minister DK Shivakumar, who was arrested in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate was shifted to Tihar Jail from RML hospital on Thursday,

DK Shivakumar was taken to jail following doctor’s report on his health condition.

As per the sources, Shivakumar will be allowed to read books in the Tihar jail library and will also be allowed to watch TV for a while.

A Delhi court deferred till Thursday the hearing on the bail plea of Karnataka Congress leader D K Shivakumar, arrested in a money laundering case by the ED.

Shivakumar has been in the ED custody since his arrest on September 3 in connection with an alleged money laundering case.

He was on Tuesday remanded in judicial custody for 14 days till October 1 by a Delhi court.

It had in September 2018 registered the money laundering case against Shivakumar, Haumanthaiah, an employee at Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi, and others.

The case was registered based on a charge sheet (prosecution complaint) filed by the Income Tax Department against them last year before a special court here on charges of alleged tax evasion and hawala transactions worth crores of Rupees.