ED summons AAP leader Pankaj Gupta in PMLA case linked to Punjab MLA Khaira

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 13

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a summons asking Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) national secretary Pankaj Gupta to appear before it and record his statement under the Prevention of Money laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with a case in which Punjab MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira is being investigated by the central agency.

Sources in the ED said Gupta had been asked to join the investigation and appear before the Investigation Officer (IO) of the agency in the case next week. They said Gupta would be questioned in connection with a case in which the Punjab MLA is being probed.

The central financial probe agency had searched the premises of Khaira in March this year in connection with its probe under PMLA.

Sukhpal Singh Khaira, who was earlier an AAP member, is being investigated in a case after the ED took cognisance of two separate FIRs related to drug trafficking and fake passport.

Sources said Khaira is also under the scanner in connection with donations of approximately US $ 1 lakh, which was raised on behalf of AAP by Khaira in the US.