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Mehbooba quizzed by ED for 5 hrs in money laundering case
Posted 26 Mar 2021 03:36 PM

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Mehbooba quizzed by ED for 5 hrs in money laundering case

26-03-2021

PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, who was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for more than five hours on Thursday in connection with a money laundering case, said while dissent had been criminalised, central agencies like the NIA, CBI and the ED were being “misused” to silence the Opposition. She alleged that anyone opposing the current government was “hounded by trumped up charges” like sedition or money laundering. “Dissent has been criminalised in this country. The ED, Central Bureau of Investigation and the National Investigation Agency are being misused to silence the Opposition tactically,” Mehbooba said after emerging from the ED office at Rajbagh here. “This country is not being run by the Constitution but the agenda of a particular political party,” she alleged. Asked about the questions put forth to her by the ED, the PDP chief said she was asked about the sale of her ancestral land in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district and the use of the CM’s discretionary funds. “Questions were asked regarding the sale of our ancestral land in Bijbehara and use of the CM’s discretionary fund. I was asked from where would come the list of widows who were receiving help from the CM’s secret funds,” Mehbooba said, adding that she had nothing to fear.

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