National Herald case: Sonia, Rahul seek time to study ED documents; Delhi court defers hearing to May 21

Delhi court postpones National Herald hearing to May 21 after Sonia, Rahul request extension

Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi on Thursday sought time to study the ED documents in the National Herald case. Delhi fast track court deferred to May 21 and 22. Special Judge Vishal Gogne, after hearing the submissions of the Enforcement Directorate, noted that notices had been served upon all proposed accused persons in terms of its previous order.

The judge, however, said, “Since the notice has purportedly been served upon an alternative email ID upon the proposed accused 4 (Sam Pitroda) only today, it is appropriate that submissions on the aspect of cognisance are heard on the next date of hearing.”

“Subramanian Swamy, who is the complainant in the proceedings relating to the predicate offence, has mentioned his presence and submitted that an application for being supplied with a copy of the present complaint and documents shall be moved by him in due course,” the court added. On May 2, the court issued notices to the Gandhis.

The court also issued notice to Congress leader Sam Pitroda and Suman Dubey, and “Young Indian“, Dotex Merchandise Pvt Ltd, and Sunil Bhandari. The judge said that their “right to be heard” was available at the time of cognisance of the chargesheet. The chargesheet in the matter was filed under Sections 3 (money laundering) and 4 (punishment for money laundering) of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The ED, which filed its chargesheet recently, began its probe in 2021 after a magistrate court took cognisance of a private complaint filed by Swamy on June 26, 2014. The complaint, the ED said, highlighted a “criminal conspiracy” by several prominent political figures, including the first family of the Congress party led by Sonia, her MP son Rahul, late Congress leaders Motilal Vora and Oscar Fernandes aside from Dubey, Pitroda and a private company Young Indian for their alleged involvement in money laundering in relation to the fraudulent takeover of properties valued over Rs.2,000 crore belonging to the Associated Journals Limited. The Gandhis are the majority shareholders of Young Indian, with 38 percent shares held by each one of them. They were questioned for five days each by the ED, in this case, a few years ago.

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].

Reference:

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

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