In the National Herald Money Laundering case, the difficulties of the Gandhi family have increased again. In this case, the Enforcement Directorate has made a big disclosure that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and former president Sonia Gandhi have embezzled Rs 142 crore. The ED has filed this claim in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court today.
Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi continued to benefit from this income till November 2023. During the same period, ED seized assets worth Rs 751.9 crore related to National Herald, additional Solicitor General S.K. V. Raju claimed in court.
ED’s Special Prosecutor Joheb Hussain claimed that the income of the crime not only involves the property obtained from the original offense, but also other property related to or from that crime.
An “predicted crime” has already been reported in this case. Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Suman Dubey and Sam Pitroda are accused of “betrayal”. The ED also told the court that the Gandhi family was a 76% shareholder of the ‘Young Indian’ company.
Property worth 90.25 crores found in 50 lakhs
According to the ED, the Young Indian Company paid assets worth Rs 90.25 crore by paying only Rs 50 lakh from Associated Journal Limited (AJL). The ED says that this transaction is ‘mainly a form of money refinement’.
Background of case
The investigation of the case started in 2021. The action was taken after the complaint of BJP leader Dr. Subramanian Swamy. He lodged a complaint in the court in 2014 in this regard. The court has now directed the ED to provide a copy of the charge sheet to the owner in this case. The next hearing of the case will be held soon and the court is considering whether an integrated notice be issued under Section 223 of the IPC.
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What is the matter?
It is alleged in this case that the Congress party transferred the assets of ‘Associated Journal Limited’ (AJL) at a very low price through a company called ‘Young Indian’. The price of this property spread across the country is in hundreds of crores of rupees. Although the Gandhi family is calling this action ‘political vengeance’, the ED says they have financial evidence to prove money laundering. Now the attention of the whole country focuses on what decision the court takes further in this case.
