ED quizzes Sonia Gandhi for 2 hours in National Herald case, summons her again on Monday

NEW DELHI: Amid protests by party workers in the capital and other parts of the country, ED officials questioned Congress chief Sonia Gandhi for two hours on Thursday in connection with a money laundering case, better known as the National Herald case.
Sonia was questioned on 28 points related to takeover of Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), the publishers of National Herald and other Congress organs, along with its properties by Young Indian, a company in which Sonia and her son Rahul hold majority stake. Sonia and Rahul have been on bail since 2015 when a Delhi court took cognisance of offences against them under Sections 420 and 120B of the IPC, the basis of ED’s case under the PMLA.
Sources said ED officials, while being told that Sonia may need to go home to take medicines, had initially scheduled the next round of questioning on Tuesday but agreed to bring it forward after Sonia indicated that Monday suited her better.
“We had asked her, in view of her recent recovery from Covid, to come on Tuesday at a time of her convenience given her medical condition. However, she offered to come on Monday and record her statements again,” agency sources said. The ED questioning is likely to continue over the next week and beyond depending on the course of investigation.