NEW DELHI—The Enforcement Directorate (ED) earlier today summoned Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel for questioning on June 6 about alleged irregularities in the purchase of 111 aircraft worth Rs 70, 000 crore, leasing aircraft and surrendering profit-making routes and flight schedules by the Air India during his term as India’s Civil Aviation minister, The Hindureported. The ED probe is based on a First Information Report registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation on the Supreme Court’s directive in 2017, the newspaper reported added.

Source: Huffington Post June 01, 2019 12:11 UTC