New Delhi: Congress leader and former Finance Minister in the UPA government, P. Chidambaram, has been ordered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to appear before it for questioning on 23 August. He is being questioned in a money laundering case related to a scam in the aviation sector.
The case relates to financial loses to Air India due to multi-crore aviation scam and irregularities in fixing air slots for international airlines.
Former Aviation Minister Praful Patel was questioned earlier by the ED and now it wants to question Chidambaram for further investigation into the scam.
The former Finance Minister is already facing two money-laundering cases of Aircel-Maxis and INX Media.
