For Sonia Gandhi, 100 Questions, 12 Hours; No New Summons

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Sonia Gandhi was "fast" in answering questions, Enforcement Directorate officers stated.

New Delhi:

Congress president Sonia Gandhi's questioning by the Enforcement Directorate on cash laundering allegations linked to the Nationwide Herald case ended right this moment. She was requested over 100 questions in 12 hours unfold over three days.

Sonia Gandhi, 75, spent three hours with the probe company on the third day of questioning right this moment. She has not been summoned once more.

On Tuesday, Sonia Gandhi was questioned for six hours. Enforcement Directorate officers stated she was "fast" in answering questions.

Her son and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi's questioning befell over 5 days and he was requested round 150 questions.

Mrs Gandhi was reportedly requested questions on her involvement with the Nationwide Herald newspaper and the Younger Indian Pvt Ltd. The Enforcement Directorate will match her assertion with that of Rahul Gandhi as each are majority stakeholders in Younger Indian, officers stated.

The Gandhis are being investigated in what known as the "Nationwide Herald case" involving the Younger Indian's takeover of Related Journals Restricted (AJL), the corporate that runs the Nationwide Herald newspaper based by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

The Enforcement Directorate says the Younger Indian additionally took over Rs 800 crore in property of AJL. Based on the Earnings Tax division, this must be thought of an asset of the shareholders of Younger Indian -- Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi - for which they need to pay tax.

Denying any wrongdoing, the Congress asserts that the Younger Indian is a "not-for-profit" firm and so, there will be no query of cash laundering.

On all three days of questioning, the Congress president went to the probe company's workplace with daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was current along with her medicines. Medical workers had been additionally saved on standby.

On every day of the Gandhis' questioning in Delhi, the Congress has carried out large avenue protests and has clashed with the police, undeterred by heavy safety. Congress leaders and employees clashed with the police right this moment too.

Rahul Gandhi was among the many Congress leaders who had been detained yesterday throughout a march from Parliament to Vijay Chowk within the coronary heart of Delhi.

A video confirmed cops manhandling Youth Congress chief BV Srinivas and pulling his hair whereas making an attempt to push him right into a automotive.

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