In the National Herald scam case, the troubles of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi only seem to be mounting. The Enforcement Directorate has filed a fresh case against the mother-son duo with the Delhi Police charging them with criminal conspiracy among other charges. Notably, this comes after the ED had filed a chargesheet against seven people, including Sonia and Rahul, in connection with the case, in April this year.
The FIR is part of the money laundering probe by Enforcement Directorate which is focused on the Congress leaders misusing their position in the party for personal gains.
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police lodged the FIR under sections120B (criminal conspiracy), 403 (dishonest misappropriation of property), 406 (criminal breach of trust), and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code.
FIR also names Congress leaders Suman Dubey and Sam Pitroda, entities like Young Indian (YI), Dotex Merchandise Ltd, promoter Sunil Bhandari, and Associated Journals Ltd. (AJL).
The case is about allegations against both Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi that they committed fraud and land grabbing when they acquired Associates Journals Limited (AJL), the parent company of National Herald through their owned private company, Young Indian.
The complaint filed by Subramanian Swamy alleged that through this acquisition, they gained control of all the properties of National Herald as well. Those properties were allegedly provided to National Herald only to publish newspapers. However, after the acquisition, they were used for private benefit and were rented out for other purposes.
Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi have also been questioned previously by the Enforcement Directorate in the case.
