New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet accusing Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi of laundering Rs. 988 crore in the National Herald case.
The chargesheet, submitted on April 9, was reviewed by Special Judge Vishal Gogne, who has scheduled further proceedings for April 25.
The ED’s investigation also implicates Congress leaders Sam Pitroda and Suman Dubey.
The case, initiated in 2021, stems from a 2012 private complaint by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy.
Sonia and Rahul Gandhi have been on bail since 2015 in connection with the same matter.
In a related move, the ED recently began seizing assets worth Rs. 661 crore linked to the Congress-controlled National Herald and its publisher, Associated Journals Limited (AJL).
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Notices were issued on April 11 to property registrars in Delhi, Mumbai, and Lucknow, ordering the takeover of AJL’s properties under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The probe has also widened to include Rahul Gandhi’s brother-in-law, businessman Robert Vadra, who was summoned by the ED on Tuesday for questioning over alleged money laundering in a land deal.
