evidence: The State Cabinet on Thursday decided that the earlier sanction given by the BJP government to hand over the case against Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as "not in accordance with law". [...] It all started after the Income Tax Department in 2017 searched the premises belonging to Mr. Shivakumar. Following the I-T searches, the ED started its probe under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. After the alleged disproportionate assets were found during its probe, the ED wrote to the State government for conduct of investigation under the PC Act. The CBI then sought sanction from the State government to register an FIR against him. Sanction for investigation was granted on September 25, 2019, and Mr. Shivakumar was booked by the CBI on October 3, 2020.