Sonia, Rahul charged with money laundering

Taking a big step against political heavyweights, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a prosecution complaint in a Special Delhi court against Congress MPs Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi in the alleged National Herald or Associated Journals Limited (AJL) money laundering case, a lawyer said yesterday.

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The Special Court has fixed April 25 for hearing arguments on taking cognisance of the prosecution complaint.

Also named in the chargesheet are Congress Overseas Chief Sam Pitroda, Suman Dubey, and others.

Notices to registrars

The fresh trouble for Congress-controlled AJL comes close to the ED serving notices to registrars of property in Delhi, Mumbai and Lucknow to take possession of attached properties worth Rs 6.61 billion.

These properties were attached after the investigation revealed possession and use of proceeds of crime to the tune of Rs9.88 billion.

In Delhi, notices were pasted on the wall of AJL property-5 (A), Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, which is home to media houses and newspaper offices.