I have done nothing wrong: DK Shivkumar

Bengaluru: Karnataka medical education and water resource minister D K Shivakumar has denied charges by income tax (I-T) department that he operates a ‘hawala network’ and has made unaccounted cash payment to All India Congress Committee (AICC). 

Speaking to the media DK Shivkumar said “I have not done anything wrong. I have neither given any cash to Congress party nor utilized hawala network. You realize what politics and pressure tactic are going on”

The special court of monetary offenses, Bengaluru, has issued summons to Shivakumar, his relatives and business partners based on a complaint recorded by the income tax department. The department also accused that Shivakumar was associated with “transporting huge amount of unaccounted cash on general premise through hawala channels”. 

The I-T division had filed a complaint at the special court for monetary offenses on Thursday June 21, claiming Shivakumar and proprietor of Sharma Transports Sunil Kumar Sharma coordinated V Mulgund to convey Rs three crore of unaccounted money to AICC on January 1, 2017 and Rs two crore on January 9, the I-T division said. 

Anjaneya Hanumanthaiah, who is allegedly in-charge for storing and taking care of Shivakumar’s unaccounted money in Delhi, Sachin Narayan, a business partner of Shivakumar and N Rajendra a guardian at Karnataka Bhavan have likewise been named accused for the situation. 

In any case, Shivakumar told the media that he himself was stunned with this and included that he had no association with the cash found with Hanumanthaiah. He said his only hopes is the judiciary.