National Herald case: Sonia Gandhi arrives at ED office for questioning

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday arrived at the Enforcement Directorate's office in Delhi for questioning in the National Herald money laundering case.

Gandhi, 75, was accompanied by her children Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi and escorted by her Z+ category CRPF security cover.

The Delhi Police deployed a huge force and barricaded the entire over 1 km stretch between Gandhi's residence on Akbar Road-Janpath and the ED office even as traffic restrictions have been enforced around the area.


The party has slammed the agency's action against its top leadership and called it a "political vendetta".

Earlier, Gandhi had sought exemption on previous dates of June 8 and June 23 owing to coronavirus infection.

Her statement will be recorded by the agency under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and it will be also be taped in an audio-video mode. The agency will give her an option to either write down or dictate her answers to an ED staffer over computer, who will be present along with the investigating officer of the case, reported PTI citing its sources.

The probe relates to alleged financial irregularities in the Congress-promoted Young Indian Private Limited, which owns the National Herald newspaper.

(With inputs from PTI)