IT raid: DK Shivakumar moves HC seeking dismissal of ED summons
Bengaluru, February 4: Water Resources Minister DK Shivakumar on Monday moved the Karnataka High Court seeking dismissal of summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) asking him to attend the enquiry related to IT raid on his flats in New Delhi. But his writ petition has to be taken for the hearing.
About incident
In an IT raid, the officials have recovered Rs 8.90 crore from a house at KR Puram and Safdarjung Enclave Flats in New Delhi. The IT officials have alleged that Rs 6.68 crore recovered from the flat belonging to Sunil Kumar was transported from Bengaluru to New Delhi through hawala method.
The IT officials who have conducted raids on the houses and offices of Shivakumar and his associates, have prepared a report based on the documents they have seized. The IT officials also investigated into the case after recovering the dairies of the accused and prepared 33-page report enlisting the allegations. The same report was handed over to the ED which registered a case against Shivakumar.
When IT officials raided the house of Shivakumar, they got a dairy and in that dairy, there was a code word ‘KG’ and IT officials suspected that hawala transaction was done through this code word. It is the fourth case registered against Shivakumar related to this case. He has been facing the charge of transporting the money through hawala means from Bengaluru to New Delhi and IT officials alleged that 8.5 crore recovered in New Delhi was a hawala money.
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CSK's Ayush Mhatre ruled out of remainder of IPL 2026 due to hamstring injury
New Delhi (PTI): Chennai Super Kings batter Ayush Mhatre has been ruled out of the remainder of the ongoing IPL season due to a hamstring injury, dealing a major blow to the five-time champions.
The franchise said Mhatre, who sustained the injury during CSK’s previous game against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 18, will require a rehabilitation period of six to 12 weeks.
"Ayush Mhatre has been ruled out of the remainder of IPL 2026 due to a left hamstring injury sustained while batting during the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad on April 18.
"Ayush's injury will require a rehabilitation period of 6-12 weeks," CSK announced on its social media on Tuesday.
The 18-year-old, who came in as an impact substitute, was seen in visible discomfort and clutched his hamstring while attempting a run during CSK’s 10-run loss to SRH in Hyderabad.
He required on-field treatment and, although he continued briefly, was dismissed soon after.
"It looks pretty bad, unfortunately. And he's going to be a big, big loss because he's been in really nice touch for us," CSK's batting coach Mike Hussey had said at the post-match press conference.
Mhatre has been CSK's standout batter this season. He lea collecting 201 runs from six matches at a strike-rate of 177.87.
Chennai Super Kings have endured a poor start to the 2026 season, losing four of their six matches to languish in eighth place.
