New Delhi: Congress Party and especially the interim president of the party, Sonia Gandhi, have a new problem in the National Herald case. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached the assets of Motilal Vora, one of the party's publishing associations Associated Journals Limited (AJL) and people close to Sonia.

According to the Provisional Attachment Order issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday, this action has been taken in a case of money laundering. The attached property worth Rs 16.38 crore includes a nine-storey building spread over 15,000 square feet in Mumbai. The ED has issued this attachment order under the Prevention of Money Laundering (PMLA) Act. The ED had filed a charge sheet last year against Motilal Vora and former Haryana CM Bhupendra Singh Hooda. Plot number C-17 in Sector six of Panchkula is named in the chargesheet for its direct involvement in the process related to the purchase and possession of the plot. Investigation revealed that the plot was allotted to AJL in the year 1982. Estate officer HUDA withdrew on 30 October 1992, as AJL did not fulfill the terms of the offer letter.

In 1996, the reconsideration order was granted after the review petition was dismissed. Hooda is accused of using his political power to allot the plot afresh to the AJL under the guise of reallocation. However, its price was kept the same. This order was issued on 28 August 2005. The ED had filed a complaint under the PMLA in 2016 based on the CBI's FIR.

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