New Delhi: Slamming the BJP-led Centre over Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons in a case related to alleged contravention of the foreign exchange law, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s son Vaibhav Gehlot said similar allegations were levelled against him 12-13 years back and that the people of Rajasthan would understand the reason behind the ED actions when Model Code of Conduct is already imposed in the poll-bound state.
“I have received a summon. 12-13 years ago similar allegations were made and we had responded to them. Now again, ED has come. People of Rajasthan do understand why this is happening when model code of conduct is imposed in the state,” news agency ANI quoted Vaibhav Gehlot as saying.
According to report, the ED summons are related to the recent raids conducted by the central agency against Rajasthan-based hospitality group Triton Hotels & Resorts Pvt. Ltd., Vardha Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. and its directors and promoters Shiv Shankar Sharma, Rattan Kant Sharma and others.
Vaibhav Gehlot has been asked to depose before the Enforcement Directorate office either in Jaipur or New Delhi on Friday.
According to a report by news agency PTI, earlier in August, the ED had conducted raids at the premises of the hospitality group and its promoters for three days in Jaipur, Udaipur, Mumbai and Delhi. Unaccounted cash of Rs 1.2 crore was seized after these searches.
The Enforcement Directorate also raided the premises of state Congress chief Govind Singh Dotasra in Jaipur and Sikar as part of a money laundering investigation into a case related to alleged exam paper leak.