ED summons to Capt’s son: Rawat questions timing
October 25, 2020 12:53:31 am
Congress chief Harish Rawat
Senior Congress chief Harish Rawat Saturday puzzled the timing of the Enforcement Directorate’s summons to Punjab Leader Minister Capt Amarinder Singh’s son in an alleged foreign currencies violations case.
The summons to Raninder Singh to seem ahead of ED on October 27 pertain to a case registered by means of the company beneath the Overseas Alternate Control Act (FEMA) with reference to alleged ownership of undisclosed belongings out of the country.
“ED’s summons can not suppress the voice of Amarinder Singh. Captain Amarinder Singh is the voice of Punjab and farmers of the rustic. Simply take a look at the timing of ED’s summons. In the event you carry voice, then ED, Source of revenue Tax, CBI will likely be after you. Is that this now not a message?” tweeted Rawat, who additionally AICC basic secretary in-charge of Punjab affairs.
The summons to Raninder have come days after Punjab Vidhan Sabha followed a answer rejecting the brand new farm rules and handed 4 expenses to counter the contentious regulation enacted by means of Parliament.
Raninder had previous seemed ahead of the ED on this case in 2016 and was once requested to provide an explanation for the alleged motion of budget to Switzerland and advent of a agree with and a couple of subsidiaries within the British Virgin Islands. The alleged cases of ownership of houses out of the country was once first investigated by means of the Source of revenue Tax Division.
Raninder had denied any wrongdoing and had said then that he would cooperate with the investigating company.
The ED had filed 3 packages in a Ludhiana courtroom in August this 12 months the place source of revenue tax circumstances are occurring towards Punjab CM and his son — two towards Raninder and one towards Amarinder. It additionally sought inspection of latest information filed by means of the source of revenue tax division. The case remains to be pending within the Ludhiana courtroom.
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