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Deve Gowda reportedly discussed about the money laundering case against her senior party colleague D K Shivakumar.
Addressing pressperson after meeting DK Suresh, Devegowda accused the BJP government of indulging in vendetta politics.
He further said, ” Rouse Avenue Court will be hearing DK Shivakumar’s bail plea today. I am very confident that he will be released today. I couldn’t meet Shivakumar as I did not get permission for the officials.”
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The former minister was in the ED custody since his arrest.
The agency had earlier summoned his daughter Aishwarya in connection with the case and had recorded her statement.
Three other alleged associates of Shivakumar have also been grilled by the ED.
It had in September last year 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.