THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
New Delhi, Nov 29: Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court today deferred its decision on whether to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) chargesheet in the National Herald case, with Special Judge Vishal Gogne now set to deliver the order on December 16.
According to the ED, senior Congress figures — including Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi — along with the late Motilal Vora and Oscar Fernandes, as well as Suman Dubey, Sam Pitroda, and the company Young Indian, were involved in a conspiracy involving money laundering and the takeover of assets belonging to Associated Journals Limited (AJL), the publisher of National Herald.
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The agency alleges that properties valued at nearly ₹2,000 crore were effectively taken over by Young Indian, in which Sonia and Rahul Gandhi jointly held a 76 per cent stake.
Investigators claim this was done under the guise of a ₹90 crore loan, enabling Young Indian to “fraudulently” assume control of AJL’s assets.
The chargesheet lists Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Pitroda, Dubey, Sunil Bhandari, Young Indian, and Dotex Merchandise Pvt. Ltd. as accused parties.
