New trouble seems to be averted for Sonia and Rahul Gandhi The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its probe in the National Herald case is said to have found “major suspicious transactions” in the Congress-owned Young Indian, sources in the central agency told News18.
While transactions worth around Rs 4-5 crore were done through shell companies, sources said, adding that the ED has already recorded the statements of owners/shareholders/directors of these shell companies.
Sources said that all the office bearers of Young Indian including Pawan Bansal, Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi will be summoned soon. They will be confronted with evidence related to these suspicious transactions.
#today’s fresh news: for and the trouble increases #Sonia Gandhi, #Rahul Gandhi And #kharge About #national herald case, ‘4-5 CR transactions done through shell companies’: Sources.@toyasingh @ashish_mehrishi pic.twitter.com/XjdmwtTcDy
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Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her MP-son Rahul Gandhi are among the promoters and majority shareholders of Young Indian. Like his son, the Congress president also holds 38 per cent stake. The case pertains to the probe into alleged financial irregularities in Young Indian, the owner of the National Herald newspaper. National Herald is published by Associated Journals Limited (AJL) and is owned by Young Indian Private Limited. The newspaper office is registered in the name of AJL.
The ED had in August searched the office of Young Indian in Delhi as part of its ongoing probe in the National Herald case. The searches, which lasted for over six hours, were carried out in the Herald House building in the presence of senior party leader Mallikarjun Kharge. The Grand Old Party had also criticized the summons issued to Kharge right in the middle of the Parliament session.
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