New Delhi. In the National Herald Money Laundering case, Congress Parliamentary Party leader Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi may be in trouble. Sonia and Rahul are also named in the charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in this case. Apart from these, the names of Indian Overseas Congress President Sam Pitroda, Suman Dubey, close to the Gandhi family, have also been named as accused. Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court has fixed the hearing date on 25 April to take cognizance of the Prosiction Complaint.
For the first time a charge sheet has been filed against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in a case. ED has also questioned Sonia and Rahul in this case. The ED has so far seized a value of a value of Rs 751.9 crore of AJL (Associated Journal Limited) and Young Indian Company. The seized assets are located on IT in Delhi, Bandra in Mumbai and Bisheshwar Nath Road in Lucknow. The ED issued a notice in this regard on 12 April.
It is worth noting that the National Herald is published by AJL and is owned by Young Indian Private Limited. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are the biggest shareholders of Young Indian. Both of them have 38-38 percent shares. It is alleged that Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others paid only 50 lakhs and transferred assets worth Rs 2000 crore to Young Indian. In this way, private benefits have been earned illegally. The ED also came to know in the investigation that more than Rs 85 crore was made from fake donation and advertisements using AJL-Young Indian Company.
