Farmers Movement Archive

FEMA case: Raninder skips ED summons, called again

Jalandhar/Ludhiana: Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh’s son Raninder Singh did not appear before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a case related to Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) on Tuesday in Jalandhar. Besides seeking adjournment of the summons, Raninder, through his counsel, also sought an explanation from ED on what grounds the summons were issued to him. ED later issued fresh summons to Raninder for November 6. His counsel Jaiveer Shergill said Raninder had sent an application expressing inability to appear before the ED and sought a fresh date. “Raninder, president of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), was invited for a meeting of the Parliamentary Standing Committee in the Rajya Sabha to discuss preparations for Olympics 2021, on Tuesday,” Shergill said in a video statement. “We have also told the ED that that summons doesn’t convey anything about which papers, which evidence were required and in which case he has been called. We sought those details while sending the application for adjournment,” the counsel said. Raninder had last appeared before the ED on July 21, 2016 in a case under the FEMA and now he has been summoned again after a gap of over four years. Recently, ED had also sought to inspect some fresh records filed by the income tax department in three alleged tax evasion cases against the Punjab CM and Raninder. While a lower court had allowed ED’s application, a sessions court had restrained the ED from inspecting the I-T records. Congress’s general secretary and Punjab affairs incharge Harish Rawat had sought to link Raninder’s summoning with Amarinder’s strong opposition to the central farm laws.

The Times of India

2020-10-28

Chandigarh