New Delhi: For the second consecutive day, Congress leaders & supporters rallied behind Rahul Gandhi over his questioning before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on alleged money laundering charges.
Much like yesterday, the high-octane drama unfolded outside the ED office as many Congress leaders were taken into custody for creating ruckus and attempting to stall his questioning by the investigative agency.
Many senior party leaders including KC Venugopal , Randeep Surjewala, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Deepender Hooda & Imran Pratapgarhi were taken into custody by the Delhi Police and taken to Tuglak Road police station.
Delhi | Congress leader Randeep Surjewala and others detained as they protest over ED probe against party leader Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case pic.twitter.com/S8nBWXEQqh
— ANI (@ANI) June 14, 2022
Among those detained also included Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Youth Congress President Srinivas BV.
Senior Congress leaders KC Venugopal, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Gaurav Gogoi, Deepender Singh Hooda, Ranjeet Ranjan, Imran Pratapgarhi & others taken into police custody; being taken to an unknown destination. pic.twitter.com/vmTYRIzj5Q
— ANI (@ANI) June 14, 2022
Srinivas was lifted by the policemen as he tried to climb over the barricades. 4-5 policemen held him and packed himself inside the police van, the video of which landed on social media. Yesterday, his video of giving policemen a miss went viral. While Delhi cop approached him to detain him, he cleverly escaped and ran over from the spot.
Youth Congress leader BV Srinivas detained by Delhi Police on his way to ED office pic.twitter.com/hi89kC51GV
— Arvind Gunasekar (@arvindgunasekar) June 14, 2022
What is National Herlad Case against Gandhis
The case filed by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy in 2013 pertains to alleged misappropriation of assets of Assosicated Journals Limited (AJL) under whose banner National Herald was published.
Swamy claimed that Rahul and Sonia Gandhi ‘pocketed’ the Rs 2,000 crore assets of AJL by paying just Rs 50 lakh. Another company under ED lens is Young Indian, of which Rahul & Sonia hold stake. This company bought the now defunct AJL.
In 2015, Sonia and Rahul Gandhi got bail on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 each. Senior party leaders including Mallikarjun Kharge has also been interrogated in connection with the case.
