The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday filed a charge sheet against senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Overseas Congress chief Sam Petroda in the National Herald Money Laundering case.
According to Indian media, the date of the case has been fixed on April 25 for hearing in the special court.
Special court judge Vishal Gogna said the next phase proceedings on the current prosecution complaint will begin on the day of hearing.
He added that on that day, the ED’s special lawyer and investigative officer will present case diaries in court.
Remember that this is the first time in political history that a formal charge sheet was filed against Sonia and Rahul Gandhi.
There has been no response from the Congress party or the Gandhi family to this case.
Remember that last week, the ED issued notices to seize Rs 661 crore worth of assets worth Rs 661 crore belonging to Congress -related company Associated Journalists Limited.
These assets were linked in November 2023 and the notices were pasted at the National Herald House at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg in Delhi, Bandra in Mumbai and Bashir Nath Road in Lucknow.
The investigation of the case was launched by the ED in 2021, which was based on a private complaint filed by BJP leader Subramaniam Swamy.
The complaint was later submitted to the Patiala House court in Delhi in June 2014.
It was alleged that Congress leaders, including Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, had illegally acquired properties worth Rs 2,000 crore through a criminal conspiracy by the company “Young Indian Private Limited”.
Remember that the National Herald newspaper is owned by the AJL, which is run by the Young Indian Company, the biggest shareholder Sonia and Rahul Gandhi.
On the other hand, a few hours before the charge sheet entered, Rahul Gandhi’s sister -in -law and Priyanka Gandhi’s husband, businessman Robert Vadra, was asked by the ED for questioning in a money laundering case related to a property deal in Haryana.
Robert Vadra termed all the allegations a political revenge, saying that he had already answered the agency’s questions and that the action was just a tactic to pressure the opposition before the elections.
It is to be remembered that Robert Vadra’s case is related to the purchase and sale of land in Haryana in 2008 when his company Sky Light Hospitality bought land for Rs 7.5 crore and acquired the housing society permit.
Later he sold it to DLF for Rs 58 crore. At that time there was a Congress government in the state. Former Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda and the party have denied any irregularities.
