Punjab court issues fresh summons against CM

Chief Judicial Magistrate Jaapinder Singh ordered issuing of fresh summons in a criminal complaint of 2016 that the I-T department had filed against Amarinder.

Ludhiana, Jul 21: A Ludhiana court issued fresh summons to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh in connection with an 2016 income tax case.

Chief Judicial Magistrate Jaapinder Singh ordered issuing of fresh summons in a criminal complaint of 2016 that the I-T department had filed against Amarinder.

The court was told that summons earlier sent to the chief minister could not be served after which fresh summons were issued, and the next hearing in the case was posted for September 18.

Amarinder is facing accusations of making false statements, and willful omission in providing required information to the I-T department and obstructing its officials from performing their duties. I-T department made these allegations in a criminal complaint filed before the court earlier.

PTI