New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has summoned liquor baron Vijay Mallya in the money laundering case and he has been asked to appear before the agency on March 18.
The summons have been issued under prevention of money laundering act. The ED has issued directive to all 17 banks to come up with all documents related to issuing of loan to Kingfisher Airlines.
"The summons have been issued to Mallya under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in connection with the IDBI case," they said.
The sources said Mallya has also been asked to furnish documents related to his personal finances.
The summons were issued on a day when A Raghunathan, a former Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the grounded Kingfisher Airlines, appeared before ED investigators at its office in the Ballard Pier area here. "We had summoned Raghunathan and he appeared before us for questioning this morning.
"His questioning is important to throw light on various financial transactions, as many of them are in his personal domain," said an ED official.
According to the official, in his statement to the SFIO--recorded in February--, Raghunathan has put the blame on Mallya for the financial crisis that felled KFA and said he worked as per the directions from the latter.
Apart from Raghunathan, summons have also been issued to former Chairman and Managing Director of the bank, Yogesh Agarwal and other senior executive members and officials of both the organisations.
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