A day ago, the ED conducted raids at the head office of the newspaper in the national capital and 11 other locations as part of an ongoing money laundering investigation.
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday sealed the Congress party-headed National Herald newspaper’s office and ordered that the premises not be opened without prior permission from the agency. Additional police force has been deployed outside the AICC headquarters in Delhi.
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A temporary seal has been put to “preserve the evidence” which could not be collected as authorised representatives were not present during the raids on Tuesday, officialsaid.
A day ago, the ED conducted raids at the head office of the newspaper in the national capital and 11 other locations as part of an ongoing money laundering investigation, a week after it questioned Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
Delhi | The Enforcement Directorate seals the National Herald office, instructing that the premises not be opened without prior permission from the agency. pic.twitter.com/Tp5PF5cnCD
— ANI (@ANI) August 3, 2022
Officials said the searches were carried out under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to “gather additional evidence with regard to the trail of funds”.
The agency has also interrogated Congress leader Rahul Gandhi multiple times in connection with the money laundering case.
