ED seals Young Indian office in Nat’l Herald premises

MONEY LAUNDERING PROBE

NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday temporarily sealed the office space of Young Indian (YI) company in the premises of Congress-owned newspaper National Herald in Delhi as part of an ongoing money laundering investigation, official sources said.

The seal was put in order to “preserve the evidence” which could not be collected as authorised representatives of YI were not present during the raids that were launched on Tuesday, they said. The rest of the National Herald office is open for use, the sources added.

A notice affixed under the signature of the ED investigating officer outside the YI office space said it cannot be opened “without prior permission” from the agency.

Officials said the ED team had emailed the summons to the principal officer/incharge of YI, which is senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, seeking their attendance to open the cabins for it to carry out raids but they have not received any response, so far.