Summons in Doval son case

A Delhi court on Saturday summoned senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, The Caravan magazine’s editor and its reporter as accused in a defamation plea filed by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval’s son Vivek.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal asked them to appear before the court on April 25.

The Caravan had alleged in its article that Vivek Doval, “runs a hedge fund in the Cayman Islands” which is “an established tax haven”.

On January 30, Vivek had recorded his statement before the court, saying all the allegations levelled by the magazine and later repeated by Ramesh at a news conference were “baseless” and “false” and damaged his reputation in the eyes of family members and professional colleagues.