New Delhi. In the National Herald case, the Enforcement Directorate i.e. ED claimed a big fraud in a Delhi court on Wednesday. The ED claimed in the court that all senior Congress leaders made fake transactions to Associated Journal Limited (AGL). This transaction exists only on paper. Additional Solicitor General SV Raju told the court that for many years some people paid fake fare to AJL. According to the ED, the rent receipt is fake and the fund was transferred to AJL on the instructions of senior Congress leaders. Apart from this, the ED also claimed that advertising funds were also given to AJL on the instructions of senior Congress leaders. According to the ED, juggling such money falls under the category of crime.
The ED also raised the question on some donors, well-known people and senior members of Congress in the alleged fake payment case, why should they not be accused of such money transactions. The ED has also raised fingers on share transactions. The ED claimed that Suman Dubey transferred shares to Sonia Gandhi. At the same time, Oscar Fernandes transferred shares to Rahul Gandhi. The shares were later returned to Oscar Fernandes. The ED said in the court that all these were fake transactions and were present only on paper. According to the ED, till 2015, only Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi kept taking advantage of reality and their control was under their control.
The court asked whether the rent and advertisement money also comes under crime? On this, additional Solicitor General said that if taken in a fake way, then there is a crime under the law. The court said that the ED has not kept all such cases under the crime. For example, the rent was kept in 29 and 142 crores. 142 crore was considered income from crime and not 29 crores. The court said that these questions are raising because the ED is saying that some donors adopted a fake way. These are more famous people of the same political party (Congress). The court said that if donations and advance fare are income from crime, should these people not be considered accountable? On this, it was said on behalf of the ED that they are now investigating whether assets should be recorded as income received from the time of acquisition or in later phase.
By the year 2008, the National Herald, Navjivan and Qaumi voice printing company AJL had a debt of 90 crores. In 2012, Subrahmanyam Swamy complained to the trial court. Swamy alleged that some Congress leaders cheated AJL’s acquisition. He described it as malicious acquisition. The ED then started the investigation. Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi Wagaira’s company Young Indian is accused of acquiring all the shares by paying Rs 50 lakh to AJL and all the property was captured by Young Indian. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi are on bail in this case.
