Lokpal Summons Sebi Chief, TMC MP For Oral Hearing In Jan

New Delhi: Anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal has called Sebi chief Madhabi Puri Buch and also complainants, including TMC MP Mahua Moitra, for ‘oral hearing’ next month in connection with corruption complaints being heard by it, alleging impropriety and conflict of interest on the basis of a Hindenburg Research report, according to an official order.

The Lokpal had on November 8 sought Buch’s ‘explanation’ on the complaints filed by Moitra, a Lok Sabha member, and two others. Buch, the chairperson of capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), was asked to submit her response within four weeks.