PM's Kin Investigated by DRI?
IT appears that a relative of the Prime Minister is being investigated by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence.
An Amritsar based rice mill, in which a close relative of the PM is a partner, was raided by DRI. It appears that containers stuffed with rice from the mill and meant for export to Canada and Syria was seized at Ludhiana ICD for having mis-declared them as basmati rice.
In response to the media reports, the PMO issued a terse press release as follows:
“The Prime Minister has come to know of a press report that certain export transaction of a relation of his is being looked into by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence. Neither the Prime Minister nor his office was aware of this matter till their attention was drawn to the report. The PM wishes to state emphatically that the probe into the transaction would proceed in accordance with the law and the laid down procedures without let or hindrance.”