THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
New Delhi, July 29: A Delhi court on Tuesday deferred its decision on whether to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate’s chargesheet in the National Herald money-laundering case, rescheduling the matter for August 7 and 8 to seek certain clarifications.
The case involves allegations by the ED that Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, along with late party veterans Motilal Vora and Oscar Fernandes, Suman Dubey, Sam Pitroda, and two companies—Young Indian and Dotex Merchandise Pvt Ltd—were part of a conspiracy to acquire properties worth ₹2,000 crore from Associated Journals Limited (AJL), the publisher of National Herald.
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According to the agency, Young Indian, in which the Gandhis reportedly held a 76% stake, fraudulently took control of AJL’s assets in exchange for a ₹90 crore loan.
The chargesheet lists Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, Sam Pitroda, Suman Dubey, Sunil Bhandari, and the two firms as accused in the case.
Earlier, Special Judge Vishal Gogne had reserved the order on July 15 for July 29 after hearing day-to-day arguments from July 2 on whether cognisance should be taken of the chargesheet.