Virbhadra stands up ED

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday issued fresh summons to Himachal Pradesh chief minister Virbhadra Singh after he failed to appear before it in connection with a money laundering probe case.

The fresh summons require him to be present before the Investigating Officer (IO) of the case here on April 20.

Officials said the fresh summons were issued under PMLA provisions after the chief minister failed to keep the scheduled date Thursday. It was not clear if Singh had communicated to the ED about the reasons about his inability to keep the date.