Delhi. National Herald case Once again a big update has come out. The Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police has registered a new FIR against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Rajya Sabha MP Sonia Gandhi on charges of criminal conspiracy. This FIR was registered on October 3 based on the complaint of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which the ED had submitted to the Delhi Police along with its investigation report.
Apart from Rahul and Sonia Gandhi, six more persons and three companies have also been made accused in the FIR. According to the allegations, a criminal conspiracy was hatched to take over Congress-linked company Associated Journals Limited (AJL) through fraud. ED had recommended registering this case under Section 66(2) of PMLA, after which EOW took action.
Among those named in the FIR are Sam Pitroda (Indian Overseas Congress chief) and three other persons. The companies which have been made accused include AJL, Young Indian and Dotex Merchandise Pvt. Ltd. Are included. Dotex is said to be an alleged shell company based in Kolkata, which had given funding of ₹1 crore to Young Indian.
It is alleged that with the help of this transaction, Young Indian gained control over AJL with assets worth about ₹2,000 crore by giving ₹50 lakh to Congress. According to the investigating agencies, this entire process could be a part of financial irregularities and fraud.