Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s son Vaibhav Gehlot appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday for questioning in a foreign exchange violation case and got his statement recorded for almost eight hours.
The federal agency issued a summons to Vaibhav Gehlot (43) last week, asking him to appear before the investigating officer of the case at its headquarters on A P J Abdul Kalam Road here under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).
Gehlot arrived at the ED office around 11 a.m.
Vaibhav Gehlot is also the president of the Rajasthan Cricket Association and a member of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). Following the summons, he had said the agency was putting up “10-12 years old false allegations against him and that too, after election dates were declared”.
The 200-member Rajasthan Assembly will go to polls on November 25 and the results will be announced on December 3, along with the outcome of the Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram, and Telangana elections.
The ED recorded Vaibhav Gehlot’s statement in accordance with the provisions of the FEMA, under which legal proceedings are civil in nature