2nd ED notice to Mahua, asked to appear March 11
The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to Trinamul Congress leader and former Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra for questioning in a Foreign Exchange Management Act (Fema) contravention case on March 11.
Earlier, the TMC leader had sought a few weeks time to join the investigation and sent a communication to the Central agency expressing her inability to depose before it last month.
She has now been asked to appear at the ED office in Delhi on March 11, sources said on Monday.
The Central financial probe agency wants to question Ms Moitra and record her statement under the provisions of the Fema once she deposes on the next date.
On February 19, the agency had issued fresh summons to the Trinamul leader for questioning in an alleged Fema case as she expressed her inability to depose on that day.
Transactions linked to a non-resident external (NRE) account are under the scanner of the agency in the case apart from a few other foreign remittances and transfer of funds, sources said.
She is also being probed by the CBI, which has
been conducting a preliminary inquiry into the allegations against Ms Moitra, who was expelled from the Lok Sabha a few months ago, on the reference from the Lokpal.
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey had accused Ms Moitra of asking questions in the Lok Sabha to target the Adani group and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the behest of businessman Darshan Hiranandani in exchange for gifts. He had also accused her of compromising national security for monetary gains.
However, she has denied any wrongdoing and claimed she was being targeted as she had raised questions on the deals of the Adani group.