Ahmed Patel, Anand Sharma meet DK Shivakumar in Tihar Jail

Two senior Congress leaders Ahmed Patel and Anand Sharma on Thursday (September 26) met party leader from Karnataka DK Shivakumar who is currently in the judicial custody in a money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

The two leaders were accompanied to the Tihar Jail, where Shivakumar is lodged, by the party’s state unit member DK Suresh. A special court on Wednesday dismissed the bail application of Shivakumar.

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Later, talking to reporters, Anand Sharma said, “We inquired about his welfare, we strongly feel that what is being done to him is unfair. There is issue of his personal liberty, his health & fundamental rights. We hope the Court does justice.”

The ED had in September last year registered the money laundering case against Shivakumar and a few others. The case was based on a charge sheet filed by the Income Tax (I-T) Department on charges of alleged tax evasion and unaccounted transactions worth crores.

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Similarly, former prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday (September 23) met P Chidambaram in Tihar Jail, where he has been lodged since September 5 in connection with the INX media case.

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(With inputs from agencies)