New Delhi: In a significant development, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet in the National Herald money laundering case, naming Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, along with Sam Pitroda and Suman Dubey. The chargesheet was filed in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court, which is set to hear the case on April 25.
This is the first time ED has officially named Sonia and Rahul Gandhi in its chargesheet, intensifying the legal battle around the alleged misuse of funds linked to the National Herald and Associated Journals Limited (AJL).
The ED has already initiated action to seize assets worth ₹661 crore connected to the case and has pasted eviction notices on properties in Delhi, Mumbai, and Lucknow. These actions are being taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Interestingly, the chargesheet came just hours after businessman Robert Vadra, husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi, was questioned by the ED in a separate Haryana land deal case.
Reacting strongly, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh called the move a “government-sponsored crime.” MP Akhilesh Prasad Singh stated the party won’t be intimidated by the BJP’s “political vendetta.”
