Indian Opposition leader likely to face ED questioning
New Delhi: The Indian Enforcement Directorate (ED) may soon summon Rahul Gandhi, the leader of opposition in the Indian Parliament’s Lower House, for questioning in connection with its money laundering probe into the affairs of Congress-run National Herald newspaper, highly placed officials familiar with the development told the media.
According to Kashmir Media Service, fresh round of questioning of the Congress leader may be needed as the agency wants to conclude its probe into the irregularities, in which it has already attached assets worth INR 75.1 billion, they added, asking not to be named.
The Rae Bareli based Indian Parliamentarian was earlier interrogated by ED for nearly 40 hours in four sittings in June 2022 about his role in the day-to-day functioning of Young Indian Pvt Ltd (YI), a company in which he is a majority stakeholder along with his mother Sonia Gandhi, the acquisition of Associated Journals Ltd (AJL) by YI; a loan of INR 9.021 billion crore given by the All India Congress Committee (AICC) to AJL; and transactions related to the development of a property in Mumbai.
