The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials have asked Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar's daughter, Aishwarya, to appear before them in Delhi on September 12
Bengaluru: In connection with national global academy funding where Aishwarya is a partner along with her father DK Shivakumar, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials have asked the Congress leader's daughter to appear before them in Delhi on September 12.
Interestingly, it is noted that Aishwarya would be appearing on the last day of DK Shivakumar's ED custody.
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Earlier in the day, former minister and senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar moved the division bench of the Karnataka high court against the order of a single-judge bench of the high court.
The high court on August 29 had dismissed his petition questioning the summons issued against him by the ED in an illegal money transfer case registered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Shivakumar's advocate pressed for an early hearing of the appeal. However, the case has been posted to September 11 before the division bench headed by Chief Justice AS Oka.
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