<span style="color: #222222;">A Delhi court today dismissed the bail plea of Karnataka Congress leader DK Shivakumar, arrested in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).<br />'' <br />'' Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar declined to grant any relief to Shivakumar, currently lodged in Tihar jail.<br />'' <br />'' The ED had in September last year registered the money laundering case against Shivakumar, Haumanthaiah, an employee at the Karnataka Bhavan in New Delhi, and others.<br />'' <br />'' The case was based on a charge sheet filed by the Income Tax Department against them last year before a special court in Bengaluru on charges of alleged tax evasion and 'hawala' transactions worth crores.<br />'' <br />''<br />''The I-T department has accused Shivakumar and his alleged associate S K Sharma of transporting a huge amount of unaccounted cash on a regular basis through 'hawala' channels with the help of three other accused. </span>