THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
New Delhi, Feb 19: Mahua Moitra, a leader of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), disregarded and skipped the summons on Monday that the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) had issued against her last week due to irregularities in a case involving foreign exchange contravention.
Moitra was summoned by the ED on February 15 and asked to appear before it on February 19 for the matter. She was required to present herself with certain documentation pertaining to some overseas investments at the agency’s Delhi headquarters.
The agency intends to interrogate Moitra in connection with the case under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999. ED investigators aim to record her statement regarding the matter.
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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The ED case is reportedly derived from a reference to the CBI case.
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.
