ED issues fresh summons to meat exporter Moin Qureshi

The ED has issued fresh summons to controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi for questioning in a money laundering case after he recently managed to go out of the country despite a Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against him by the agency.

Officials said the Enforcement Directorate has asked Qureshi to report before its Investigating Officer (IO) next week in New Delhi in connection with a criminal case registered against him under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The agency wants to expedite action against him, even asit is understood that the businessman has not returned till now. The officials said while the ED has questioned him in the past, some more recording of his statement is to be done in the said case. Qureshi had managed to leave for Dubai recently after showing a court order obtained in an Income Tax case, and not in the case for which the ED has issued the LOC.

The Delhi-based meat exporter was briefly detained at theIndira Gandhi International (IGI) airport, based on the ED'sLOC on October 15, and the Immigration department had informed the agency about it. He then presented a court order in which there was no restriction on his flying abroad. The immigration officer checked for the veracity of the order and allowed him to fly.

When the ED team reached the airport to take the meat exporter into custody, they were informed he had been allowed to fly on the basis of the court order.