Lucknow:
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Congress chief Salman Khurshid’s spouse Louise Khurshid for questioning in a money-laundering investigation linked to alleged misuse of presidency funds within the distribution of synthetic limbs and gear by a belief headed by her, sources mentioned on Saturday.
She has been requested to depose on the ED zonal workplace in Lucknow on February 15 for recording her assertion below the provisions of the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA), they mentioned.
Two days again, an MP-MLA court docket in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly issued an arrest warrant in opposition to Louise Khurshid and one other accused on this case and stuck February 16 as the subsequent date of listening to.
Salman Khurshid additionally served as a Union minister within the UPA authorities.
The ED case of cash laundering stems from the state police’s FIR of 2017.
Particular Public Prosecutor Achintya Dwivedi had mentioned that in 2009-10, a programme for the distribution of synthetic limbs and gear was organised by Dr Zakir Hussain Memorial Belief for Disabled Individuals, run by Dr Zakir Hussain Memorial Belief of Louise Khurshid within the Bhojipura space of the district.
The federal government obtained the matter investigated after receiving allegations of discrepancies.
It was discovered that authorities funds have been misused through the use of pretend seals and signatures within the programme, he mentioned.
There have been three predominant accused within the case, together with the venture supervisor of the belief Louise Khurshid, the belief’s consultant Pratyush Shukla, and its secretary Athar Farooqui.
Shukla died just a few years in the past. In keeping with the sources, the ED has recorded the assertion of Shukla’s spouse and a few others and has now requested Louise Khurshid to affix the probe.
The Uttar Pradesh Police had filed a cost sheet in opposition to each the accused within the court docket.
The court docket had issued summons to the accused a number of instances however they neither appeared nor obtained bail within the case.
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