J&K: Mehbooba Mufti says ED has summoned her mother for ‘unknown charges’

Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said that the Enforcement Directorate has issued summons to her mother to appear in person for questioning on “unknown charges”.

Officials told PTI Gulshan Nazir was called on July 14 in connection with a money laundering case.

The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister linked the summons with her party’s decision not to meet the delimitation commission tasked with redrawing borders of Assembly segments in the Union Territory.

“In its attempts to intimidate political opponents, GOI [government of India] doesn’t even spare senior citizens,” Mufti tweeted. “Agencies like NIA [National Investigation Agency] and ED are now its tools to settle scores.”

On the day PDP chose not to meet Delimitation Commission, ED sent a summon to my mother to appear in person for unknown charges. In its attempts to intimidate political opponents,GOI doesn’t even spare senior citizens. Agencies like NIA & ED are now its tools to settle scores pic.twitter.com/pVw2uYMAor

— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) July 6, 2021

Earlier on Tuesday, nine political parties and civil society groups in Jammu and Kashmir accepted invitation of the delimitation commission to meet its members during their visit to the Union Teritory. The commission, led by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, will hold a series of meetings with…

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