A Delhi court on Friday issued notice to Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in the National Herald money laundering case.
Special Judge (PC Act) Vishal Gogne also issued notices to Sam Pitroda, Suman Dubey, Sunil Bhandari, M/s Young India and M/s Dotex Merchandise Private Limited, and listed the matter for further hearing on May 8.
The court observed said all the accused named by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its charge sheet have a right to be heard at the time of cognisance.
On April 15, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) filed a prosecution complaint against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and others, including Sam Pitroda, in the National Herald money laundering case.
The national agency filed the complaint under relevant Sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
A case was registered against the Congress leaders and others on the basis of a private complaint filed by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy.
The complainant accused Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Motilal Vora, Oscar Fernandes, Suman Dubey, Sam Pitroda and Gandhi family-controlled company Young Indian of cheating, criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, and misappropriation of property.
The national agency had served notices in April 2025 to take possession of immovable assets worth Rs 661 crore in Delhi, Mumbai and Lucknow, which had been attached as part of the money laundering probe against Associated Journals Limited (AJL), the publisher of National Herald and Young Indian, the owner of the newspaper.
As per ED, Young Indian acquired AJL and its assets for Rs 50 lakh, although the properties were valued at over Rs 2,000 crore, against an alleged loan extended by the Congress party worth Rs 90 crore.
The two Congress leaders, who hold majority stakes in Young Indian, were earlier questioned in 2022 as part of the probe.
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