Jain will be confronted with documents seized during searches at Kolkata,” sources in the department said.
Reacting to the summons, Jain said he has been summoned as a witness only.
The minister said that he has done nothing wrong and he will appear before the Income Tax department on October 4.
“As an investor, I had made investment in these companies four year back, but I have nothing to do with these companies since 2013. I have done nothing wrong. I have only been summoned as a witness. It is just reassessment not investigation,” Jain told reporters here.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed Jain was being “framed”, saying if Jain was “guilty”, he would have thrown him out.
The Chief Minister said he stands by Jain. “I summoned Satinder this morning. Saw all papers. He innocent, being framed. If he ws guilty, we wud have thrown him out.We stand by him,” Kejriwal said in a tweet.
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