Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Oct 16: Relating to recovery of cash amounting to Rs 8.69 crore from the Delhi residences of former Karnataka minister, D K Shivakumar, the high court has directed the enforcement directorate not to arrest aides of Shivakumar, Sachin Narayan and Sunil Sharma, for a week.

The division bench of the high court comprising Chief Justice, A S Oka, and Justice S R Krishnakumar, which heard the petitions, extended by one week its earlier interim order extending protection to the petitioners from arrest.

The petitioners had sought permission to appeal against the order passed in the case by a single-judge bench of the high court, in the Supreme Court. They had requested the high court to direct enforcement directorate not to arrest them till the said appeal is filed. They had also explained that there was a delay on their part in filing the appeal on account of Supreme Court vacation.