On Tuesday, AirAsia Group said neither the company nor Fernandes “in his personal capacity” had received the notice from CBI.
A Reuters report quoted an Indian police official as saying that the summons had been delivered. However, the official refused to give more details.
The Statesman reported that CBI would issue a fresh summons to Fernandes.
“Fernandes did not appear before the agency today. We will issue fresh summons to him soon,” the Indian daily quoted a CBI official as saying.
Fernandes was summoned over the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval taken by the company for investing in India and alleged efforts to get the “5/20” rule of civil aviation policy changed in favour of AirAsia.
Under the rule, a domestic airline is allowed to fly overseas only after completing five years of domestic operations with a fleet of at least 20 aircraft.
AirAsia had said it would cooperate with Indian authorities according to the “sovereign laws of Malaysia”.
Indian authorities are also investigating allegations of bribery involving government officials.
CBI filed a case on May 29 against Fernandes, AirAsia India director R Venkataramanan and AirAsia Group deputy CEO T Kanagalingam, among others including government officials.
Fernandes has also been accused of pressuring former AirAsia India CEO Mittu Chandilya to get regulatory policies for international aviation in India tweaked to benefit the company.
AirAsia has denied the charges.
AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes probed for aviation violations in India