New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday told a Delhi court that Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi received Rs 142 crore as “proceeds of crime” in the National Herald money-laundering case.
Additional Solicitor General (ASG) SV Raju, who appeared on behalf of the central agency, said the accused were “enjoying the proceeds of crime” till properties related to the National Herald newspaper were attached in November 2023.
“Proceeds of crime not only include those properties obtained from the scheduled offence, but also any other criminal activity ‘relatable’ to the proceeds of crime,” the ASG said during preliminary submissions on whether the court should take cognisance of the ED’s chargesheet.
The ED, which filed the chargesheet recently, started the probe in 2021 after a magistrate court took cognisance of a complaint filed by filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in 2014.
The ED reiterated that a ‘prima facie’ case of money-laundering was made out against the mother-son duo of the Congress party, and others in the National Herald matter.
The judge directed the ED to supply a copy of its chargesheet Swamy, who remains a key complainant in the case
Sonia and Rahul’s counsel requested the court to list the matter for next month, allowing them time to prepare their submissions in response to the ED’s charges.
