THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
New Delhi, Feb 15: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Mahua Moitra, a leader of the Trinamool Congress, on February 19 in connection with an alleged breach of the Foreign Exchange Management Act.
Moitra has been summoned to appear at the central agency’s office in Delhi on February 19.
After she deposes, her statement will be recorded in accordance with the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), they stated.
The CBI is also investigating Moitra; it is carrying out an initial probe into the accusations made against her based on the Lokpal’s referral.
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Moitra expelled from Lok Sabha on Dec 8
Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha on December 8 after the House adopted the Ethics Committee’s report, which found Moitra guilty of taking gifts and illicit gratuity from businessman Darshan Hiranandani in order to pursue his interests. The TMC leader had strongly refuted the accusations.
Regarding the ‘Cash for Query’ accusations leveled by Nishikant Dubey against Mahua Moitra, Dubey claimed that the Trinamool MP had received payments from a Dubai-based businessman named Hiranandani in exchange for posing questions in Parliament with the aim of targeting the Adani Group.
Following her expulsion, Moitra condemned the ethics panel for making decisions without sufficient evidence, asserting that it was turning into a tool to suppress the Opposition. She accused the Ethics Committee and its report of violating established rules.
