New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED)'s interrogation of former Congress President Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald money laundering case is not over yet. After a day's break, they will again have a long list of questions in front of them on Friday. Rahul has told the probe agency that former Congress treasurer Motilal Vora was responsible for all transactions related to Young Indian's acquisition of Associated Journals Limited (AJL) assets worth hundreds of crores from Congress.
In fact, Rahul was also questioned in relation to Young Indian (Young India), a company that handled AJL's assets by the Gandhi family. According to media reports, ED sources have said that, 'They have denied having any information regarding the loan or housing entry taken by Young Indian, which is in the name of Motilal Vora and he is no longer in this world. Huh.' Congress secretary Pranav Jha told the media that, 'Leaking ED proceedings is a crime. So we will not comment on it. Meanwhile, ED sources have rubbished the allegation that the probe agency is not allowing Rahul Gandhi to go out till 11 pm in any way. The source said, "Rahul is late because after every three hours of questioning, Congress leaders take a break of 3-4 hours to 'review' their responses. We are getting only six hours to interrogate him.
Let us tell you that the questioning of Rahul will continue on Friday as he had sought concession on Thursday. Let us tell you that Rahul and his mother Sonia Gandhi hold 76 per cent stake in Young Indian. The remaining 24 per cent is held by Vora and Oscar Fernandes (12 per cent each). Vora and Fernandes died in December 2020 and September 2021 respectively. Rahul's mother and interim president of Congress party Sonia Gandhi has been summoned for questioning in the matter on June 23, as she sought postponement of the date due to Corona. The ED had in April summoned Congress functionary Mallikarjun Kharge and sitting party treasurer Pawan Bansal after recording their statements. Kharge and Bansal are also office-bearers in Young India and AJL.
Sources said investigations reveal that after AJL's takeover of Young India, the two founders of Young India, Suman Dubey and Sam Pitroda, have transferred their shares as shareholders to Sonia and Fernandes. "As a result of this, the transfer and control of Young India has come into the hands of Sonia and Rahul," the inquiry report said. Both are also majority shareholders. Each had a share of 38 per cent. His close associates Motilal Vora and Fernandes each held 12 per cent shares.
Notably, both AJL and Young India had the same group of directors, who were also Congress functionaries. Young India was founded with Rs 5 lakh and did not have the financial resources to handle AJL, on which Congress had a debt of Rs 90 crore. According to the ED dossier, "Since Young India had no money at the time of the alleged purchase of a loan of Rs 90.21 crore, it claimed to have taken a loan of Rs 1 crore from Dotex Merchandise Pvt Ltd, a Kolkata-based shell company." '
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