K’taka Cong chief appears before CBI, flays ruling BJP

Bengaluru, Nov 25 : Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President, D.K. Shivakumar, and his brother and Bengaluru Rural Lok Sabha MP, D.K. Suresh, appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI) on Wednesday. Both brothers are facing charges of accumulating wealth disproportionate to their income.
The CBI had served summons to Shivakumar and his brother to appear before them on the day of Shivakumar’s elder daughter, Aisshwarya got engaged to BJP senior leader, S.M. Krishna’s grandson, Amartya Hegde, on November 19.
Speaking to reporters before leaving for the CBI office in Gangenhalli in the city, Shivakumar asserted that he and his family would cooperate with the probe agency to any extent.
“We are cooperating with them and none of my family members will ever question the style of function of these central agencies. Let them do their duty,” he said, visibly irked over being sent the summon on the day of his daughter’s engagement.
“They (CBI sleuths) had come on the day of my daughter’s engagement. As the family was not available, they waited and served the notice to me and my brother the next day,” he said.
He further charged that this was nothing but a malicious campaign and the ruling party in the Centre is trying its best to use central agencies to pressurise his family to succumb to them.