The Enforcement Directorate of Mumbai police has issued summons to Chintan Modi, Director, India Infoline Commodities, on Monday for questioning in the ₹5,600-crore settlement scam in National Spot Exchange (NSEL).

Officials of various other commodity broking firms have also been summoned on Monday, sources said. The ED has been interrogating officials from Motilal Oswal, Geofin Comtrade and Phillip Commodities over last one week.

According to NSEL data, brokers who had high exposure in the exchange include Anand Rathi (₹629 crore), India Infoline Commodities (₹326 crore), Geofin Comtrade (₹313 crore), Systematix Commodities Services (₹277 crore), Motilal Oswal Commodities (₹263 crore) and Phillip Commodities (₹140 crore).

Many investigating authorities are probing one-of-its-kind scam that broke out in the commodity spot exchange promoted by Financial Technologies in July, 2013. On the whole, 13,000 investors have lost about ₹5,600 crore as commodities against which 24 defaulters raised funds went missing from the warehouses. The ED is investigating the role of 14 defaulters, officials from NSEL, its parent FTIL and brokers under the Prevention Of Money Laundering Act, 2002.

The Centre, which has set up a separate committee to oversee the progress of the case, recently directed the Maharashtra government to expedite the case and auction assets worth ₹6,116 crore attached so far to refund investors.

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