_*RAHUL GANDHI CASE*__*ED files chargesheet against Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi & Rahul Gandhi in National Herald case*_

_*The Enforcement Directorate (ED), has filed a chargesheet in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court, naming Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in a money laundering case related to the National Herald newspaper. The chargesheet also names Congress Overseas Chief Sam Pitroda, Suman Dubey and others. Special judge Vishal Gogne has posted the matter for further proceedings on the 25th of this month. A prosecution complaint has been filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for the offence of money laundering*_

 

_*ED began its probe in the National Herald case after member of Parliament Subramanian Swamy filed a complaint in 2014, accusing Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and other senior Congress leaders of taking over properties of the Associated Journals Limited – AJL for a mere sum of 50 lakh rupees. He alleged that the AJL properties were worth over 2,000 crore rupees. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi were questioned in 2022 as part of the probe. The National Herald is published by Associated Journals Limited AJL, which is owned by Young Indian Private Limited. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi each hold a 38 per cent stake in Young Indian, making them its majority shareholders. Young Indian is under the ED scanner over charges of acquiring AJL and its assets for 50 lakh rupees against an alleged loan extended by the Congress. On April 12 this year, ED served notices to take possession of immovable assets worth 661 crore rupees in Delhi, Mumbai and Lucknow, which it had attached as part of a money laundering probe linked to the National Herald newspaper and Associated Journals Limited – AJL*

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