SC quashes 2018 money laundering case against Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar

In 2022, the ED filed a prosecution complaint against Shivakumar alleging that as a Congress minister in Karnataka, he generated a huge amount of illegal wealth that was hidden away through a “criminal conspiracy” with associates.

By: Express Web Desk
Bengaluru | Updated: March 5, 2024 02:20 PM IST

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Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar

In a major relief for Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, the Supreme Court Tuesday quashed proceedings initiated against him in a 2018 money laundering case.

The Karnataka Deputy CM and four others — Sachin Narayan, Sunil Sharma, Anjaneya Hanumanthaiah, and Rajendra N — were investigated by the ED following a preliminary complaint filed in 2018 on the basis of a 2017 I-T department investigation into the income and assets of Shivakumar. In 2022, the ED filed a prosecution complaint against Shivakumar alleging that as a Congress minister in Karnataka, he generated a huge amount of illegal wealth that was hidden away through a “criminal conspiracy” with associates.