By Admin 
National Herald Money Laundering Case: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken major action in the National Herald Money Laundering case. The ED has started the process of capturing the attached properties of Associated Journals Limited (AJL). On 11 April 2025, ED sent notices to the property registrar of Delhi, Mumbai and Lucknow. Apart from this, notice has also been sent to Jindal South West Projects Limited in Herald House, Mumbai, which is on rent on the 7th, 8th and 9th floors of that building. Now they have to deposit the rent for every month to ED.
ED investigation revealed that there has been a black earning of about Rs 988 crore in this case. For this reason, AJL properties and shares were attached on 20 November 2023, which cost around ₹ 751 crore. This action has now been approved by the authorized court on 10 April 2024.
Subramanian Swamy accused Sonia and Rahul Gandhi
The entire case was started with a complaint by Dr. Subramanian Swamy, in which he alleged that Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and his colleagues grabbed AJL’s assets worth 2000 crores by paying only 50 lakh rupees. When the matter was investigated, it has also come to light that more than Rs 85 crore was also moved around through fake donation, false fare and artificial advertisements. Now the ED has pasted notices to take possession of these properties and has started the process of taking possession of them.
What happened in ED investigation
According to the agency, AJL-Young Indian Network was allegedly used to raise illegal funds of Rs 18 crore, advance fare of Rs 38 crore and Rs 29 crore through advertisements. Officials said that the latest step aims to prevent continuous consumption, use and further production of contaminated assets.
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