New Delhi: In more troubles for former Karnataka Minister and senior Congress leader D.K. Shivakumar, who is currently in judicial custody, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday questioned his party MLA Lakshmi Hebbalkar for over eight hours in the money laundering probe.
According to ED officials, Hebbalkar arrived at the ED office around 11 a.m. and was questioned till evening for over eight hours in the case.
A senior ED official related to the probe told IANS, “She was confronted with the statements of Shivakumar.”
The official said her statement was recorded under the Prevention of the Money Laundering Act. The official, however, refused to share further details.
Hebbalkar, an MLA from Belagavi rural, has earlier skipped one of the ED summons for questioning on September 14. After she failed to depose before the agency on September 14, she was again summoned for questioning on Thursday.
