New Delhi, April 25 (H.S.): The Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi has currently denied the issuance of notices to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and other accused in the National Herald money laundering case. Special Judge Vishal Gogna directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to present more relevant documents. The next hearing in the case will take place on May 2.

During the hearing, the court stated that some documents are missing from the ED’s complaint. The ED should first file those documents, and only then will a decision be made regarding the issuance of summons. The ED had submitted a prosecution complaint to the court on April 15. In this case, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Sam Pitroda have been indicted by the ED. The ED has filed the complaint under Sections 44 and 45 of the Money Laundering Act. The lawyer representing the ED, N.K. Mata, mentioned that the CBI had registered an FIR in 2019 under Sections 403, 406, and 420 of the Indian Penal Code.

In this case, the complainant Subramanian Swamy alleges that a conspiracy was hatched to grant Young Indian Limited the rights to the assets of AJL in order to take control of the Herald House building worth 1,600 crores located on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg in Delhi. Swamy argues that the central government had provided land for running the newspaper, suggesting that it cannot be used for commercial purposes. Meanwhile, the Gandhi family has argued that the petition has been filed before the court with the intent to harass them unnecessarily.

Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar