Agencies / NEW DELHI
The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case against Karnataka Minister D K Shivakumar and few others on the basis of an alleged tax evasion and hawala transactions case.
According to official sources, the case has been filed based on a charge sheet filed by the Income Tax Department against him early this year before a special court in Bengaluru on charges of alleged tax evasion and hawala transactions worth crores of rupees.
The IT Department has accused Shivakumar and his associate S K Sharma of transporting the huge amount of unaccounted cash on a regular basis through hawala channels with help of three other accused. The IT department had alleged that all five accused conspired to evade tax.
The case has been filed based on a charge sheet (prosecution complaint) filed by the Income Tax Department against him early this year before a special court in Bengaluru on charges of alleged tax evasion and hawala transactions worth crores. T