New Delhi: A day after his release from Tihar jail, Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar met senior party leader KC Venugopal at the Congress office on Thursday.
Congress MP and brother of Shivakumar, DK Suresh was also present at the meeting.
Shivakumar was granted bail by Delhi High Court on Wednesday in connection with a money laundering case.
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Addressing the media, KC Venugopal said," We humbly accept people's verdict and will take a call after final results. Out of four, we are leading in three seats in Gujarat by-polls. Karnataka is crucial and our one of the tallest leaders the DK is back."
The HC gave bail to Shivakumar on a bond of ₹25 lakh plus two sureties.
The bail was granted on the condition that he will not influence witnesses or tamper with the evidence, leave the country without prior permission of the court and make himself available for investigation when required.
Shivakumar was arrested on September 3 by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and sent to judicial custody till October 25 in the Tihar jail.
The alleged money laundering case was registered against him by the ED in September last year, based on a complaint filed by the Income Tax department, alleging tax evasion and hawala transactions amounting to crores.
The IT department, during the initial probe, had allegedly found unaccounted and misreported wealth linked to Shivakumar.
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