NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday issued fresh summons to Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case, and asked the Congress MP to join the investigation on June 13. Earlier, the central investigating agency had summoned the leader and his mother, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, to join the probe on June 8.
The ED’s move follows the questioning of senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge and Congress treasurer Pawan Bansal in April this year in New Delhi in connection with its money laundering probe into the National Herald case.
The agency then recorded the statements of both the Congress leaders then under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The National Herald is published by Associated Journals Limited (AJL) and owned by Young Indian Private Limited (YIL). While Kharge is the CEO of YIL, Bansal is the Managing Director of AJL. The ED is currently investigating the shareholding pattern and financial transactions as well as the role of party functionaries in the functioning of the AJL and YIL. The YIL promoters include Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. (ANI)