NEW DELHI: The financial offences wing of the Delhi police has registered a recent FIR in opposition to senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, together with six different associates and enterprise entities in an alleged case of felony conspiracy to “fraudulently” purchase Related Journals Ltd, then a Congress held entity having properties value Rs 2,000 crore. The acquisition was made by way of Younger Indian wherein the Gandhis held 76% shareholding.The Delhi police FIR, dated Oct 3, relies on a grievance filed by the Headquarters Investigative Unit (HIU) of the ED, which has shared detailed findings of its investigation into Nationwide Herald cash laundering case from 2008-2024.
Sharing of knowledge underneath Sec 66(2) of the PMLA permits ED to ask one other enforcement company to register and probe a scheduled offence, which may then develop into a predicate offence essential for the ED to hold out its personal investigation underneath the PMLA.The continued cash laundering probe by ED relies on a non-public grievance from former BJP MP Subramanian Swamy and its cognisance by metropolitan Justice of the Peace’s court docket in Patiala Home in June 2014. On this case, the central company filed a prosecution grievance (chargesheet) underneath PMLA in opposition to Gandhis and different accused on April 9 earlier than a particular MPs/MLAs court docket right here at Rouse Avenue. The court docket has not taken cognisance but of the matter.Congress has constantly disputed the costs and has accused ED of finishing up a political witchunt at govt’s occasion. When TOI contacted the occasion once more on Delhi police registering an FIR, it mentioned they aren’t conscious of it.In addition to Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, the FIR registered by the Delhi Police has named three others, together with chief of Indian Abroad Congress Sam Pitroda. It additionally names three entities, AJL, Younger Indian and the Dotex Merchandise Pvt Ltd, allegedly a Kolkata-based shell firm that supplied Rs 1 crore to Younger India from which Gandhis paid Congress Rs 50 lakh to allegedly purchase AJL with property allegedly value Rs 2,000 crore.Sources mentioned the police is more likely to summon shareholders of AJL for questioning to determine whether or not the Congress consulted them and took their approval earlier than transferring the corporate to Younger Indian, beneficially owned by Sonia and Rahul Gandhi.