Probe in gold, dollar smuggling to continue: Sitharaman
The Hindu
‘Move for judicial inquiry against ED an attempt to derail investigation’
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said the investigations by the Central agencies into the diplomatic channel gold and dollar smuggling cases will go on and those who are afraid of facing the law are ‘unleashing’ the State police against Central agencies. “There is no political connotation to the inquiry going on for months. The move by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government for a judicial inquiry against the Enforcement Directorate was an attempt to derail the probe,” Ms. Sitharaman, who was here for campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidates, told a press conference on Sunday. Stating that there is “absolute prima facie” case in gold and dollar smuggling and even drug peddling, the Minister said, “if you are clean, prove it. If you are not, then I am sorry, this is absolutely wrong…The person who unleashes his own investigative or State police officers is the one who is frightened of facing the law. The one who is frightened, therefore retaliates not in a lawful way to threaten us. Investigation will go on.”More Related News