Rabri Devi skips ED summons

New Delhi: Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi on Wednesday skipped her scheduled appearance before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with its money laundering probe in the railway hotels allotment corruption case, officials said. The central probe agency, they said, has now asked her to appear on October 16. Rabri Devi, the wife of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, has earlier twice skipped the ED summonses in this case. It was not immediately clear if she furnished any reason for her absence. The ED had on Tuesday questioned her son and former deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav for about nine hours inconnection with this case.