Chandigarh, Feb 13 (NationPress) Just two days following the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoning former Punjab Chief Minister and BJP leader Capt Amarinder Singh along with his son Raninder Singh regarding a 2016 Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) case, the officer in charge of the federal agency's office in Jalandhar has been reassigned.

A directive from the Union Ministry of Finance states, "Additional Director Ravi Tiwari, a 2009-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, who had been stationed in Jalandhar since September 2023, has now been moved to Chennai."

In his place, another IRS officer, Dinesh Pachauri, has been appointed to oversee the Jalandhar office.

Both Capt Amarinder Singh and his son face allegations of being the recipients of specific foreign assets, which include a Swiss bank account.

While Capt Amarinder Singh was summoned to appear at the ED’s office in Jalandhar on Friday, his son was scheduled to appear the previous day.

Raninder Singh had requested an exemption from the summons, citing concerns regarding his father's health after he underwent a knee replacement surgery at a hospital in Mohali.

As a member of the BJP national executive, Capt Amarinder Singh also sought a delay on medical grounds.

The acting state president of the BJP, Ashwani Sharma, visited Capt Amarinder Singh in the hospital on Friday to check on his health.

Previously, on October 23, 2020, Raninder Singh had also been summoned by the ED to clarify the supposed transfer of funds to Switzerland and the establishment of a trust in the British Virgin Islands.

In 2016, the Income Tax Department filed a charge sheet against the father-son pair in the Chief Judicial Magistrate's court in Ludhiana.

They accused Raninder Singh of benefiting from foreign assets managed through overseas business entities, including foreign bank accounts held with HSBC Private Bank (SUISSE) SA in Geneva, Switzerland.

It was alleged that Raninder Singh misled the agency by asserting that he lacked documents regarding his family's income and foreign trusts.

Evidence uncovered indicated that Raninder Singh was a 'settler' of the Jacaranda Trust, established in July 2005 in the British Virgin Islands in collaboration with HSBC Trust Company Limited acting as a trustee.

The father-son duo subsequently filed an appeal against the Ludhiana court's ruling before the Punjab and Haryana High Court, arguing that the income tax records contained "secret" information provided by the French Republic to the Government of India, and there was a "specific bar" on sharing such information with outsiders under the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement between the two nations.

In a ruling in September 2025, the high court upheld the additional district judge's decision, asserting it was "well-reasoned" and free from any legal errors.