India, May 24 -- Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy on Friday stirred a fresh political storm, alleging that a senior Congress leader in Karnataka was responsible for home minister G Parameshwara's recent troubles with the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which has launched a probe into a gold smuggling case linked to institutions associated with Parameshwara.

Without naming names, Kumaraswamy hinted that Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar was the source of the information that triggered the investigation. "It was this minister who provided information about the actress Ranya Rao bringing in the gold," he claimed during a press conference in New Delhi.

The Union Minister further alleged that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is fully aware of the ...