Overview
- Special Judge Vishal Gogne set December 16 for a decision on taking cognisance of the ED’s prosecution complaint in the National Herald matter.
- The Delhi Police Economic Offences Wing registered a fresh FIR dated October 3 on an ED complaint, naming Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Sam Pitroda, Suman Dubey, Young Indian, AJL, Dotex Merchandise and promoter Sunil Bhandari.
- The FIR cites IPC sections 120B, 403, 406 and 420, alleging a conspiracy to wrongfully gain control of AJL’s assets—valued around Rs 2,000 crore—through Young Indian for Rs 50 lakh.
- ED filings allege the conversion of a Rs 90.21 crore AICC loan into AJL equity for Young Indian, and point to a Rs 1 crore transfer from Dotex, with Rs 50 lakh allegedly paid to the Congress.
- The agency has quantified alleged proceeds of crime at about Rs 988.03 crore and reported attachments of AJL properties worth hundreds of crores, claims the Congress rejects as political vendetta while BJP figures cite evidence.