A Delhi court on Friday issued formal notices to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in connection with the National Herald money laundering case. The development came following a probe by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection to the case.
Special judge Vishal Gogne said their “right to be heard” was available at the time of cognisance of the chargesheet. “Right to be heard at any stage breathes life into a fair trial,” Judge Gogne observed. The next hearing of the case has been scheduled for May 8.
The ED, which filed its chargesheet recently, began its probe in the National Herald money laundering case, in 2021 after a magistrate court took cognisance of a private complaint filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on June 26, 2014.
The ED in its chargesheet highlighted a “criminal conspiracy” by top Congress leadership in relation to the now-defunct National Herald newspaper.
The chargesheet names several Congress leaders, including Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, late Congress leaders Motilal Vora and Oscar Fernandes aside from Dubey, Pitroda and a private company Young Indian for their alleged involvement in money laundering in relation to the fraudulent takeover of properties valued over Rs 2,000 crore belonging to the Associated Journals Limited (AJL).
