Rahul Gandhi was interrogated for around 30 hours by a three-member ED team in the National Herald money laundering case over three days this week.
Digital Desk: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) granted Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's request to postpone his interrogation in the National Herald money laundering case from June 17 to June 20. On Friday, Rahul Gandhi was summoned for the fourth round of questioning.
Rahul Gandhi wrote to the ED, explaining that he needed to care for his mother, Sonia Gandhi, who was hospitalised due to Covid-related difficulties. He wanted his questioning to continue on Monday rather than Friday.
Sonia Gandhi was hospitalised at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Sunday due to Covid problems. On June 2, the 75-year-old had tested positive for the drug. The ED also called Sonia Gandhi for interrogation in the case on June 23.
A three-member ED team questioned Rahul Gandhi for around 30 hours in total over three days this week in the National Herald money laundering case, according to IANS.
The probe focuses on potential financial irregularities at Young Indian Private Limited, a Congress-backed company that runs the National Herald newspaper. Associated Journals Limited (AJL) publishes the newspaper owned by Young Indian Private Limited (YIL).
Top Congress leaders and workers have displayed sympathy for Rahul Gandhi as he appeared before the ED for questioning for the past three days. Several of them were also detained.
After the Congress claimed that Delhi Police officers invaded the Congress offices on Akbar Road in Delhi and beat-up party employees, the protests became tense. Following a demand from the party, Congress workers performed a gherao of all Raj Bhavans across the country on Thursday.
Congress MPs met with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu earlier in the day to address the Delhi Police action against party parliamentarians, including some women, during their rallies in the national capital, alleging they were handled like "terrorists."
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, a Congress leader, also submitted a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, stating that the ED had treated Rahul Gandhi with "inhuman treatment and humiliation."
