ED issues summons to Moin Qureshi’s wife

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued summons on Saturday to controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi’s wife to appear before it in connection with its money laundering probe against her husband and others.

Officials said Qureshi’s wife, Nasreen, was handed over the summons to present herself before the Investigating Officer (IO) of the case on December 5, soon after she landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA).

They said the agency had got issued a Look Out Circular (LOC) against her and hence she was intercepted as soon as she landed, reportedly from London.

“The summons, issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, require her to appear before the IO on coming Monday,” they said.

Qureshi, who had returned to India in a similar fashion late last month, has been questioned at length by the agency multiple times here, in the money laundering and alleged hawala dealings case.

The agency had asked him to join the probe citing a courtissued directive in this regard.

The Delhi high court, while hearing a plea filed by Qureshi, had last month directed him to return to India by mid-November and appear before the agency for questioning in this case.

The meat exporter is facing probes by ED as well as the I-T department for alleged tax evasion, money laundering and hawala-like deals among others.