Rana Gurjit’s son appears before Enforcement Directorate

Deepkamal Kaur

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, January 17

Rana Inder Partap Singh, son of Punjab Power and Irrigation Minister Rana Gurjit Singh, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate here on Wednesday in connection with a FEMA case. 

The minister’s son had been summoned by Deputy Director Rahul Sohu. Along with a friend, Inder Partap arrived in his Fortuner and entered the office at 12.35 pm. As the media kept questioning him, he did not respond.

He was questioned by Sohu and Assisting Inquiry Officer-cum-Enforcement Officer Priyanka Sharma.

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Rana Inder Partap was grilled for more than five hours.

Summons had been issued to him for allegedly raising around Rs 100 crore abroad by floating foreign shares, or GDRs (Global Depository Receipts), for one of the family-owned companies, Rana Sugars Ltd, allegedly without the mandatory permission of the Reserve Bank of India.

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Inder Partap is the managing director of Rana Sugars, a Rana Group company founded in 1992 in collaboration with Punjab Agro Corporation, with its head office in Chandigarh.

Rana Gurjit had resigned from the cabinet days ahead of the summons. The Congress high command is yet to decide on the resignation.