The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned former Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram for questioning in connection with its money-laundering probe into the purchase of 111 aircraft for Air India during the Congress-led UPA Government. The deal, made more than a decade ago, saddled the struggling national carrier with mounting losses.
Sources said, Chidambaram has been asked to depose before the investigating officer of the case on August 23 at an Enforcement Directorate office here to record his statement.
Chidambaram’s grilling has been sought in the cases which relate to losses suffered by Air India due to an alleged multi-crore aviation scam and irregularities in fixing air slots for international airlines.
