Indian National Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for over 10 hours on Tuesday. The central probe agency has summoned the Congress leader for further questioning on Wednesday.
Rahul GandhiThe mother and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi has been asked to join the Enforcement Directorate on June 23 after she was admitted to the hospital due to a complication after she contracted COVID-19.
Rahul Gandhi is being questioned in the National Herald newspaper corruption case. The ED is probing the case of money laundering and Gandhi’s role in it.
action against Gandhi family It was taken after Indian economist and BJP leader Subramanian Swamy complained against it.
Rahul along with his sister and Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra reached the ED’s Delhi premises on APJ Abdul Kalam Road in central Delhi on Tuesday.
His interrogation started at 11.30.
After a session of about four hours, Gandhi took a break of about an hour at around 3.30 pm and went home. He re-joined the questioning around 4.30 pm and was in the Enforcement Directorate office at 8.30 pm.
on Monday Rahul He had appeared before the ED for questioning and left only at 11 o’clock in the night.
There were several incidents of protests by Congress workers and party members against the questioning of Rahul Gandhi by the ED. Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said the Congress party would continue its protest against the questioning of Rahul Gandhi.
The National Herald newspaper was started by the first Prime Minister of India, Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru. The newspaper was first published by Associated Journals Limited (AJL).
Later AJL was facing financial difficulties in 20210, when it was taken over as directors by a newly formed YIL with Suman Dubey and Sam Pitroda, both loyal to Gandhi.
This came to the fore as a money laundering case when Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Indian economist Subramanian Swamy filed a complaint against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others for conspiracy to commit fraud and misappropriation of funds.
The National Herald corruption case is an ongoing case in a Delhi court against politicians Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, their companies and related individuals.
According to the complaint filed in the Metropolitan Magistrate’s court, Associated Journals Limited (AJL) took an interest-free loan. 90.25 crore (US$12 million) from the Indian National Congress. It is alleged that the loan was not repaid. A close company, Young Indian, was incorporated in November 2010 with the capital of? 50 million (US$66,000) and it acquired almost all of AJL’s shareholding and all of its assets (allegedly worth 5,000 crore (US$660 million). Swamy alleged criminal misappropriation by both Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.