Late midnight, ten of the MLAs wrote to the police fearing threat to their lives and asked that Shivkumar be prevented from entering the hotel where they are put up
In a letter purportedly written by Siddhartha to the Board of Directors and employees of Coffee Day Enterprises, he said: "I have failed as an entrepreneur."
The ED move comes after the Karnataka High Court had on Thursday dismissed Shivakumar's petition challenging the summons issued to him in a money-laundering case
He was placed under arrest under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), ED said
Shivakumar first grabbed the headlines when he contested community strongman H D Deve Gowda in the 1985 Assembly election