New Delhi, Nov 3 The Enforcement Directorate today summoned former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda and his associates for questioning them on alleged Hawala transactions and investments under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

Official sources said the summons for questioning was served to Koda in the hospital in Ranchi where he was admitted following complaints of high blood pressure and stomach ache.

The notice was also issued to seven of his associates, sources said.

A team of ED officials is also in the process of taking copies of the seized documents which surfaced during the searches conducted by the IT department, they said. Both the ED and the Income Tax department have also started the scrutiny of documents recovered during the searches.

These documents pertain to alleged Hawala transactions and investments running into more than Rs 2,000 crore by Koda and his associates, sources said.

- (Agencies)