Money Laundering Case: ED stops TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s sister-in-law Maneka Gambhir from travelling abroad

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing ED raid in money laundering case in Kolkata, TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s sister-in-law Maneka Gambhir was on Saturday evening stopped by the ED at the Kolkata airport.

According to the official reports, she was stopped from flying abroad and was handed over summons to join investigation in a money laundering case.

Gambhir arrived at the Kolkata airport to take a flight to Bangkok departing around 9 PM.

It is said that she was  her immigration clearance was denied on the basis of a Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against her by the federal probe agency.

After the immigration authorities stopped her, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was informed who then arrived and denied her permission to travel.

The ED has also handed over the summon to her to appear before the agency on Monday (September 12) at 11 am at its office in Salt Lake area in Kolkata.

So far, Gambhir has not been questioned in this case.

In August, the Calcutta High Court had directed the ED to question Gambhir at its regional office in Kolkata and not in Delhi.

Earlier, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee, national general general secretary of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), and his wife Rujira has been so far question in this case.