As part of the ongoing investigation into the National Herald issue, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will have to return to the ED headquarters on Friday. For the third day in a row, Rahul Gandhi was questioned by the investigative agency on Wednesday. Since Monday, when the Congress leader made his first appearance at the ED office after being summons, Congress workers have been organising protests over Rahul Gandhi’s questioning in the suspected money laundering case.
The Congress leaders’ protest on Wednesday sparked a huge standoff between the Delhi police and the Congress, with the party leaders charging that cops broke into the party headquarters and assaulted party members. The assertions were refuted by Delhi Police, who claimed that the workers’ demonstration on Wednesday was illegal since Section 144 had been erected outside the ED office and the Congress headquarters. On Wednesday, Congress leader Sachin Pilot was arrested.
Gandhi is being questioned about the assets worth about 800 crore “held” by AJL, according to agency sources, and how a not-for-profit organisation like Young Indian (YI) was engaging in commercial operations such as renting out its land and building assets.
During the interrogation so far, Gandhi has been asked about the YI company, the activities of the National Herald newspaper, the loan supplied by the Congress to the Associated Journals Limited (AJL), and the monies transfer within the news media apparatus, according to PTI.
