Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Oct 4: It is learnt that Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials are preparing to file first information report (FIR) against former Karnataka minster D K Shivakumar, who is currently in judicial custody relating to recovery of cash amounting to Rs 8.59 crore from a house in New Delhi. It is said that the FIR would be registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Sources said that the state government orally gave its nod for prosecuting Shivakumar on September 25. CBI officials are currently putting together papers required for the same from the enforcement directorate. On the written clearance from the government is received, CBI plans to register FIR in a couple of days. Sources say that there is possibility of taking Shivakumar into custody through body warrant for questioning him.

The officials of the enforcement directorate who had arrested Shivakumar and are probing money laundering charge against him, had contacted senior officials in the state sometime back and discussed about the property accumulated by the former minister. It is said that they have accessed documents to prove that Shivakumar had misused his power and accumulated wealth through corruption. It had suggested that Shivakumar can be tried under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act.