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Fear stricken Mehbooba writes to Dir ED, questions legitimacy of process
Money laundering case:
12/31/2020 10:44:51 PM
Early Times Report
jammu, Dec 31: Amid reports said that central agencies have got convincing evidence against top-brass of PDP leadership in money laundering cases, former chief minister and president of the party, Mehbooba Mufti wrote a letter to Director Enforcement Directorate in which she questioned legitimacy of the process.
In her letter Mehbooba pointed out, "the only common thread connecting these persons appears to be that they are all acquainted with me, my family or my politics in one way or another. The questioning of these persons is also focused on myself, my personal, political and financial affairs; my late father's grave and memorial, my sister's finances, home construction, my brother's finances and personal affairs etc. Not very long ago, a key person of the PDP, who has now been returned successful by the people of Kashmir in the DDC elections, Waheed Para was arrested by the min what appears to be a non-existent case around the dates of the elections. On the eve of the results, several of my relatives and party leaders were kept in unlawful detention by the J&K administration", she mentioned in her letter.
"The use of the Enforcement Directorate against political opponents is not an unknown device for a party in power
"Questioning the legitimacy of the process initiated by the central agencies, she warns to take up the matter politically. She demands that electronic devices of her family should be examined under the supervision of an impartial judicial authority.
at the centre. I wish to notify you that as a responsible citizen and politician, a former chief minister and ex-Member of Parliament, and the daughter of one of the most illustrious public personalities in this country, I am ready and wiling to face any questioning by any agency. But I will insist upon the legitimacy of the process. I have understood that mobile phones and personal digital devices of some of the persons summoned in connection with the aforesaid ECIR has been seized by or at the behest of the ED, or by intelligence agencies coincidental with the summons issued by the ED.
"I draw your attention therefore to Section 21(2) of the PMLA,2002 and also notify you of the constitutional right to privacy, the right to democratic politics and indeed the right to due process. This is further to put you on notice that if you intend to question me or examine my electronic or digital devices, or those of the members of my family, you shall only do it in the presence of myself or my representative and under the supervision of an impartial judicial authority.
If there is any breach of what I consider to be the norms of law,good conduct and constitutionalism, I shall not hesitate to take the matter up legally and politically", she mentioned.
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