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The ED filed a charge sheet against Sonia-Rahul on 9 April in the money laundering case related to the National Herald newspaper.
In the money laundering case related to the National Herald, Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court refused to issue notice to Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi. The court said on Friday that we cannot issue notice without listening to the accused.
Special Judge Vishal Gogane heard the petition of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). He said, ‘Some documents are also missing in the ED charge sheet. Enter those documents. Will then decide on issuing the notice.
The ED filed the first charge sheet on April 9 in the Money Laundering case related to the National Herald newspaper of the Congress and the Associated Journals Limited (AJL). In this, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Sam Pitroda and Suman Dubey were accused.
The ED had also given notice to Jindal South West Projects Limited on the 7th, 8th and 9th floors of Herald House in Bandra, Mumbai to transfer the rent/lease amount in favor of the Director of the Enforcement Directorate every month.
ED said- we are not hiding anything The ED told the court that nothing is being hidden from our side. He is being given a chance to speak before being taken cognizance. We do not want it to take long to issue orders. Therefore, the court should issue a notice.
On this, the judge said that until the court is satisfied that the notice is needed, it cannot pass any order. Before issuing the order, it has to be seen that there is no shortage in it. The court has fixed May 2 for the next hearing of the case.
Action was taken to seize property before the charge sheet Earlier on 12 April 2025, action was taken to seize the attachment properties during the investigation. The ED had notices on the building of AJL at Herald House (5A, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg) in Delhi, Bandra (East) in Mumbai and AJL at Visheshwar Nath Road in Lucknow.
Apart from these immovable properties worth 661 crores, AJL’s 90.2 crore rupees shares were attached by ED in November 2023 to secure the income of crime and prevent the accused from destroying it.
Sonia accused number one, Rahul number two in charge sheet
Congress said- this politics of revenge, BJP said- will bear the brunt
- The Congress called it a politics of revenge. Jairam Ramesh wrote, ‘Seizing the property of National Herald is a state -sponsored offense wearing a mask of rule of law. Filing a charge sheet against Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and some others is nothing but the politics and threat of revenge from the Prime Minister and the Home Minister. However, the Congress and its leadership will not remain silent. Satyamev Jayate.’
- However, BJP has said that those who were involved in corruption and public property loot will now have to bear the brunt of it. National spokesperson Shahzad Poonwala said-Now ED does not mean robbery and dynasty. They grab public money, property and play Victim Card when action is taken. He also made public property his property in the National Herald case.
What is the National Herald case? BJP leader Subramanian Swamy accused Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Congress’s Motilal Vora, Oscar Fernandez, Sam Pitroda and Suman Dubey of the loss in 2012 of cheating the National Herald newspaper running in losses and rigging of money.
According to the allegation, the Congress leaders created the Young Indian Limited Organization to capture the properties of the National Herald and through it illegally acquired the Associated Journal Limited (AJL) publishing the National Herald.
AJL is owned by Young Indian Private Limited. Both Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have a 38% stake in Young Indian. The Young Indian ED is under investigation over allegations of AJL and its assets obtained for Rs 50 lakh in lieu of alleged loan from the Congress.
Swamy had demanded action against Sonia, Rahul and Congress leaders for purchasing AJL worth Rs 2000 crore for only Rs 50 lakh. Swami alleged that all this was done to capture the Rs 2000 crore building of Herald House on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg in Delhi.
June 2014, the court issued summons against Sonia, Rahul and other accused. In August 2014, the ED registered a case of money laundering taking action in this case. In December 2015, the Patiala court of Delhi granted bail to all the accused including Sonia, Rahul.
Sonia-Rahul was interrogated for hours in 2022
The ED questioned Rahul Gandhi on 13 June 2022 in the National Herald’s Money Laundering case.
In June 2022, Rahul Gandhi was questioned 50 hours in 5 days in the National Herald case. Then on 21 July 2022, in the National Herald case, Sonia Gandhi had 12 hours of questions in 3 days. During this time more than 100 questions were raised to him.
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