The Executive Office has submitted charging sheets to other people who accused Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi of washing Rs 988 in the National Herald incident.
Special Judge Vishal Gogne reviewed the Chargesheet filed on April 9th at Points of Recognition and posted further procedural issues on April 25th.
The Chargesheet also name Congress leaders Sam Pitroda and Suman Dubee the accused.
Sources say other accused include Young Indians, Dotex Merchandise Pvt Ltd and Sunil Bhandari.
“The current prosecution lawsuit shall be taken before this court on April 25, 2025 to consider the cognitive aspects of the matter in front of this court when the special advisors of the ED and IO guarantee the production of the litigation diary for the court’s case,” the judge said.
Charge sheets were submitted under Section 3 (Money Laundering) and 4 (Money Laundering Punishment) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act (4 (Money Laundering Punishment).
“Please check and register for complaints. Ahlmad (court staff) shall ensure that the entire file/document is properly spread. The ED has been instructed to submit soft copies of the complaints and documents in easy-to-read/OCR format by the following date,” the judge said.
The special court dealing with lawmakers’ cases took note of filing the ED. This noted that the ED would move the application before a district judge for the transfer of cases relating to fraudulent conduct, criminal conspiracy and other crimes that began an investigation into Gogne’s court from another court.
Predicate violations must be heard in the same court that recognizes the crime under Section 3 PMLA, with Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi being members of Raja Sabah and Lok Sabah, respectively.
“Essentially, two crimes require that the predicate and PMLA crimes be brought to justice in the same court,” the judge said.
The court added that the file of the predicate violation must be called for viewing, as the current complaint claims stems from a predicate crime.
“However, the power of assignment or transfer of matters has not been granted to this court, but rather the privilege of the chief district and session judge of the Louz Avenue Court Complex, New Delhi,” the court noted.
The Executive Office said on Saturday it provided a notice to own the real estate assets of Rs 661 crore attached as part of a money laundering probe linked to the National Herald newspaper of Congress and related Journal Limited (AJL).
The ED investigation began in 2021 after recognizing a private complaint filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy on June 26, 2014.
The complaints highlighted “criminal conspiracy” by several prominent politicians, including the first family of the Congress led by Sonia, the son of a lawmaker, Rahul, and the late Congress leaders Motilal Vora and Oscar Fernandez, and young Indians from Dubee, Pitroda and private companies were awarded for their claims for awards that were endured by the banks of the two awarded banks. Go to Associated Journals Limited (AJL).
“The legal process against the accused faces challenges, but it has been upheld by both the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India and has allowed the investigation to proceed,” the ED said.
AJL is the publisher of the National Herald News Platform (newspaper and web portal) owned by Young Indian Private Limited.
Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul are majority shareholders of the young Indians, each holding a 38% stake. They were questioned for hours by the ED in this case a few years ago.
The ED alleged that the investigation “finally” discovered that a young Indian, a private company “beneficially owned” by Sonia and Rahul, “finally” discovered that “they acquired AJL properties worth Rs 2,000 for just Rs 500,000, and significantly underestimated its value.
“The Young Indian and AJL real estate have been used to generate further criminal revenue in the form of fake donations to tune Rs 18 trillion.
