<p>Enforcement Directorate officials have issued summons to Belagavi Rural MLA Laxmi Hebbalkar, here on Tuesday. She will appear before ED officials for questioning on September 19.</p>.<p>Speaking to DH, Laxmi confirmed that she had been summoned by ED. "They have asked me to appear as a witness in a case," she said, without revealing any details. She is a close aide of beleaguered Congress leader D K Shivakumar, who is currently under ED custody in New Delhi.</p>.<p>Though the exact cause of summons is yet to be learnt, sources say that it could be associated with the arrest of Shivakumar and subsequent questioning of his daughter Aisshwarya. </p>
<p>Enforcement Directorate officials have issued summons to Belagavi Rural MLA Laxmi Hebbalkar, here on Tuesday. She will appear before ED officials for questioning on September 19.</p>.<p>Speaking to DH, Laxmi confirmed that she had been summoned by ED. "They have asked me to appear as a witness in a case," she said, without revealing any details. She is a close aide of beleaguered Congress leader D K Shivakumar, who is currently under ED custody in New Delhi.</p>.<p>Though the exact cause of summons is yet to be learnt, sources say that it could be associated with the arrest of Shivakumar and subsequent questioning of his daughter Aisshwarya. </p>
