Court issues notice to Sonia and Rahul in National Herald ED’s money laundering case

Sonia, Rahul Gandhi get Delhi court notice in National Herald case

On Friday, a Delhi court issued notice to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald money laundering case filed by the Enforcement Directorate. Special Judge Vishal Gogne also issued notices to Sam Pitroda, Suman Dubey, Sunil Bhandari, M/s Young India, and M/s Dotex Merchandise Pvt Ltd. The case will be heard next on May 8.

Judge Gogne said that Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and others who have been named as Accused by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its chargesheet have a right to be heard at the time of cognisance. The ED’s case is based on BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s petition on the grabbing of National Herald newspaper’s properties across India by Sonia and Rahul by floating a new private company – Young Indian.

The National Herald case pertains to the assignment of a Rs 90 crore loan advanced by the Congress party to the public limited company Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) – publisher of the National Herald – to Young Indian for a consideration of Rs.50 lakh. Swamy in his complaint, said that the AJL, established in 1938, having properties in Delhi, Mumbai, Lucknow, Panchkula, and other areas, worth more than Rs.2000 crore, was grabbed by Young Indian, where Sonia and Rahul have 38% shares each. Young Indian was floated on 2010 after the closure of the National Herald newspaper.

In his private complaint, Subramanian Swamy had accused Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Motilal Vora, Oscar Fernandes, Suman Dubey, Sam Pitroda, and the Gandhi family-controlled Young Indian of cheating, criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, and misappropriation of property.

The ED had filed the prosecution complaint against the Gandhis as well as Congress leader Sam Pitroda and others on April 15 this year and issued possession notice of the buildings and Delhi, Mumbai, and Lucknow, accusing money laundering of more than Rs.900 crores.

PGurus Managing Editor Sree Iyer has published a detailed report on the National Herald scam. The book is available at this link on Amazon[1].

[1] National Herald frauds: Arrogant stealing of prime real estate – another instance of hubris of the Gandhi family – Amazon.in

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