<p class="bodytext"> A special court for Economic Offences has summoned Minister for Medical Education D K Shivakumar and two other businessmen to appear before it on August 2 in a fresh case filed by the income tax department. The case relates to the August 2017 raids. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Sources said the department's fresh case against the minister is under various sections of the I-T Act, IPC and also under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The case pertains to the seizure of Rs 8 crore in cash from a house in Delhi during the raids conducted on Shivakumar in 2017. Sources said that during the investigation, Shivakumar claimed that the cash seized did not belong to him. The I-T department had also summoned certain businessmen and recorded their statements. According to the final report filed by the I-T department, the businessmen and Shivakumar entered into a criminal conspiracy to launder the cash, which was later seized during the raid.</p>
<p class="bodytext"> A special court for Economic Offences has summoned Minister for Medical Education D K Shivakumar and two other businessmen to appear before it on August 2 in a fresh case filed by the income tax department. The case relates to the August 2017 raids. </p>.<p class="bodytext">Sources said the department's fresh case against the minister is under various sections of the I-T Act, IPC and also under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).</p>.<p class="bodytext">The case pertains to the seizure of Rs 8 crore in cash from a house in Delhi during the raids conducted on Shivakumar in 2017. Sources said that during the investigation, Shivakumar claimed that the cash seized did not belong to him. The I-T department had also summoned certain businessmen and recorded their statements. According to the final report filed by the I-T department, the businessmen and Shivakumar entered into a criminal conspiracy to launder the cash, which was later seized during the raid.</p>
