A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed the bail plea of Karnataka Congress leader D. K. Shivakumar, arrested in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate.
Special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar declined to grant any relief to Shivakumar, who is currently lodged in Tihar jail.
Shivakumar, arrested by the ED on September 3 in a money laundering case, was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days on September 19 till October 1 by a Delhi court. The former minister has been in the ED custody since his arrest.
The agency had earlier summoned his daughter, Aishwarya, and Karnataka Congress MLA Laxmi Hebbalkar in connection with the case. Three other alleged associates of Shivakumar have also been grilled by the ED.
The ED had in September last year registered the money laundering case against Shivakumar, Haumanthaiah, an employee at the Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi, and others.
The case was based on a charge sheet (prosecution complaint) filed by the Income Tax Department against them last year before a special court in Bengaluru on charges of alleged tax evasion and 'hawala' transactions worth crores.
The I-T department has accused Shivakumar and his alleged associate S K Sharma of transporting huge amount of unaccounted cash on a regular basis through 'hawala' channels with the help of three other accused.