ED summons AAP's Pankaj Gupta in money laundering case
The Enforcement Directorate has issued a summon to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national secretary Pankaj Gupta in a money laundering case related to former Punjab AAP leader Sukhpal Singh Khaira.
As per a senior officer of the Enforcement Directorate, Pankaj Gupta has been asked to join the investigation next week.
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He has been summoned in a money laundering case in which Punjab former AAP MLA and Punjab Ekta Party chief Sukhpal Singh Khaira is being probed.
The Enforcement Directorate has also taken cognizance of two separate cases relating to drug trafficking and fake passport registered against Khaira.
The ED has alleged that Khaira is an "associate" of drug case convicts and fake passport racketeers. However, refuting the charge, Khaira said he was being targeted by Central agencies as he had been raising voice against the Centre's three farm laws.
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The case against him pertains to the probe in a 2015 Fazilka (Punjab) drug smuggling case in which 1,800 gm of heroin, 24 gold biscuits, two weapons, 26 live cartridges and two Pakistani SIM cards were seized by security agencies from a gang of international drug smugglers.
Earlier, Khaira was in the AAP. It is alleged that $1,00,000 donation was raised by him on behalf of the AAP in the United States.
In March this year, the Enforcement Directorate had carried out raids on the premises of Khaira and a few others in the money laundering case. The searches were carried out at Khaira's residence in Chandigarh, five other locations in Haryana and Punjab and two places in Delhi.
-PTC News with inputs from Aman Bhardwaj
