In FEMA case, ED asks Mahua to appear on Feb 19 | India News
In FEMA case, ED asks Mahua to appear on Feb 19 | India News
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The Enforcement Directorate has summoned former TMC MP Mahua Moitra for questioning in a FEMA contravention case on February 19.
“Her statement will be recorded under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) once she deposes. Moitra is being probed by the CBI too and it is conducting a preliminary inquiry into the allegations against Moitra on the reference from the Lokpal,” a source said.
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, who had levelled the allegations against Moitra, had told The Indian Express earlier that the Lokpal had forwarded its complaint to the CBI for investigation.
On November 9, the Ethics Committee of Lok Sabha, which probed the allegations, adopted a draft report recommending her expulsion for “unethical conduct” and “serious misdemeanours”.
The Ethics Committee had examined Dubey and lawyer Jai Anant Dehadrai regarding the complaint against Moitra. Hiranandani, on the other hand, had in a sworn affidavit to the panel claimed that Moitra had provided him her Parliament login ID and password so that he could “post the questions” directly “on her behalf when required”. The committee report said the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, in its report, had stated that the member portal of Moitra had been “operated 47 times” from the UAE between July 2019 and April 2023.
Moitra has denied any wrongdoing and claimed she was being targeted as she had raised questions on the deals of the Adani Group. “Neither has Lok Pal uploaded any referral order on the website as per Lokpal Act & nor has CBI put out anything official. ‘Sources’ telling journos as per usual media circus. Hope Rs 13,000 crore Adani coal scam merits CBI PE before my witchhunt,” Moitra had said on X in November.
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