Supreme Court quashes 2018 money laundering case against DK Shivakumar

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed money laundering charges against Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister and senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had booked Shivakumar for alleged offences under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in 2018.

The case was based on a charge sheet filed by the Income Tax Department before a special court in Bengaluru, accusing Shivakumar and his alleged associate SK Sharma of tax evasion and 'hawala' transactions worth crores of rupees.

The Congress leader was arrested by the ED in September 2019 and sent to Tihar Jail. The Delhi High Court granted him bail a month later on a Rs 25-lakh bond, barring him from leaving the country.

Throughout the legal saga, Shivakumar maintained that he was innocent, and accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of political vendetta.

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