New Delhi: Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have received court notices in connection with the National Herald case. The Rouse Avenue Court issued the notices seeking their response to the chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The case will be heard again on May 7.
Earlier, the court had declined to issue notices to the two leaders, stating that the necessity for such notices must be clearly established. However, during a subsequent hearing, the ED submitted the required documents, prompting the court to send notices to both Sonia and Rahul Gandhi.
According to the chargesheet, the allegations revolve around the alleged misappropriation of assets worth around ₹2,000 crore belonging to Associated Journals Limited (AJL), the publisher of the National Herald newspaper. It is claimed that Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, as directors of a company named Young Indian, acquired these assets for just ₹50 lakh.
Following the investigation, the ED had earlier attached properties and shares worth ₹751.9 crore belonging to AJL and Young Indian, organizations linked to the Congress party.
