Overview
- Delhi Police’s Economic Offences Wing registered the case on October 3 on an ED complaint, invoking IPC sections 120B, 403, 406 and 420.
- Those named include Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Sam Pitroda, Suman Dubey, Sunil Bhandari, Young Indian, Associated Journals Ltd and Dotex Merchandise, along with unknown persons.
- The complaint alleges Young Indian acquired AJL’s Rs 90 crore debt for Rs 50 lakh to gain control of properties investigators value at roughly Rs 2,000 crore, with ED citing rental proceeds as illicit gains.
- An ED chargesheet under the PMLA was filed in April 2025, and a Delhi court’s cognisance is pending with the next hearing listed for December 16.
- Congress leaders call the case political vendetta and deny any money movement or property transfer, while the BJP claims a large‑scale fraud and presses the Gandhis to face trial.