FEMA case: ED summons Amarinder, son
Jalandhar, Feb. 12 -- The Enforcement Directorate has summoned former Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh and his son Raninder Singh in a 2016 case of alleged violation of forex rules under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), officials said on Wednesday.
The federal agency summons come months after the Punjab and Haryana High Court allowed it to inspect the records maintained by Income Tax department in September 2025.
"Taking cognisance of the orders, the fresh summons have been sent to Captain Amarinder Singh to appear before the agency on February 13, while Raninder has been summoned on February 12," an official aware of the matter said.
The agency said the summons were issued after complying with said legal procedures.
Amarinder Singh is currently admitted at a private hospital in SAS Nagar for his knee replacement surgery and is unexpected to adhere to agency summons.
ED investigations stems from a prosecution complaint against the former chief minister and his son in November 2016, alleging tax evasion by concealing their foreign assets, besides possessing undisclosed assets abroad.
On November 30, 2016, the IT department filed a complaint before the chief judicial magistrate, Ludhiana, against the father-son duo under Section 277 of the Income Tax Act, 1961, along with provisions of the Indian Penal Code relating to false information and perjury....
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