Lagatar24 Desk
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to stay the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to Trinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira in a money laundering case related to an alleged coal scam in West Bengal.
According to ED officials, the firms linked to Rujira Banerjee had allegedly received illegal money. Investigators suspect that the money may have been a part of the proceeds of the crime. He had allegedly received unaccounted money from his two foreign bank accounts – one in Thailand and the other in London. Abhishek Banerjee and Rujira Banerjee, were also asked by the agency to appear in person in Delhi on Tuesday with a large set of documents but they have argued that they are residents of Kolkata and should not be allowed to join the probe in the national capital. But ED opposed the petition saying that money laundering has national and international ramifications and its investigation is not limited to any police station or area.
The court has fixed September 27 as the next date of hearing and asked the ED to respond to the plea of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife within three days.
