India, June 23 -- Karnataka Congress leader and former member of Parliament (MP) DK Suresh appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Bengaluru on Monday, in connection with a case involving a woman accused of impersonating his sister and defrauding a local jeweller.

ED summoned Suresh after the arrest of Aishwarya Gowda, who is alleged to have used his and his brother and deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar's names to cheat a businessman of nearly Rs.9.82 crore.

Ahead of his appearance, Suresh criticised ED's actions and questioned the agency's jurisdiction. "Both the Supreme Court and high courts have stated that ED is crossing its limits. If, despite these observations, ED fails to correct its course, it puts the democratic ...