New Delhi: Enforcement officials yesterday questioned former Congress leader and Wayanad constituency MP Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald newspaper share issue case for the 3rd day.
Young India, of which Congress presidents Sonia and Rahul are directors, bought the National Herald, a subsidiary of the Associated Journals, in 2010. BJP senior leader Subramanian Swamy has filed a case alleging massive money laundering. The Enforcement Department has registered a case and is investigating the money laundering. The Enforcement Department had summoned Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in this case. Rahul appeared in the case last Monday. He was interrogated for 9 hours on the first day and more than 11 hours on the second day.
In this situation, the enforcement officers questioned him on the 3rd day yesterday. Rahul, who arrived at 11.35 am, was further interrogated. The trial, which continued after the meal break, lasted into the night. Congress leaders, MPs and volunteers have been protesting in Delhi for the past three days against the probe into Rahul.
On the 3rd day yesterday Congress, leaders volunteers sat on the road and engaged in a struggle. Some tried to go into the enforcement office. But the police did not allow them.
As a result, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupathi Bagel, KC Venugopal, Sachin Pilot and other leaders sat on the road and engaged in tarna. In this situation, some volunteers broke the police blockade that used to be in front of the Congress headquarters. Also the tires were set on fire. The cane arose as it boiled and burned away. This created a tense situation in the area.
The clash erupted when police tried to disperse the protesting Congress volunteers. Police said the police were then attacked by Congress volunteers. Meanwhile, police said that so far 800 Congress leaders, MPs and volunteers have been detained by the police. Special Commissioner of Police (Law and Order Zone-2) Sagar Preet Hooda said they were detained for violating the ban and engaging in road blockades.