Sonia Gandhi likely to meet DK Shivakumar in Tihar jail: Reports

Interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi is likely to meet Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar in Tihar jail on Monday, says an ANI report. Gandhi will be accompanied by party leader Ambika Soni during her meet with Shivakumar. This is Gandhi's second visit to Tihar jail after she visited former Finance Minister P Chidambaram in the prison.

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Judicial custody of DK Shivakumar extended

A Delhi court on Tuesday had extended the judicial custody of DK Shivakumar till October 25. Shivakumar has been arrested in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar sent Shivakumar to further judicial custody on the ED's plea after the accused did not oppose it. 

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ED's special public prosecutors Amit Mahajan, Nitesh Rana, and N K Matta sought an extension of his judicial custody, saying he could not be let free. The court had on September 25 declined to grant Shivakumar bail noting that he was an influential person and if released, may influence the witnesses or tamper with documents. 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 agency's advocate A R Aditya said. 

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Case against DK Shivakumar

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 a huge amount of unaccounted cash on a regular basis through 'hawala' channels with the help of three other accused. P Chidambaram who was visited by Sonia Gandhi is accused of corruption charges in the INX Media case.

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(With agency inputs)