The enforcement directorate has summoned Nalini Chidambaram, wife of former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram for questioning in connection with the Saradha chit-fund scam. The Chennai-based senior lawyer, Mrs Chidambaram has been asked to appear at the directorate's Kolkata office in the first week of September. Her name has been dragged in the case following the scam kingpin’s and Saradha Group chief Sudipto Sen mentioned her in a letter to the CBI before his arrest in April 2013. The matter with Nalini pertains to the legal fee of Rs 1.26 crore paid to her by the Saradha group..