Guwahati: Congress President Sonia Gandhi was questioned about money laundering on the third day on Wednesday and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) recorded her statements for around three hours.
She was questioned on Tuesday for about six hours, with a lunch break in between.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra accompanied her with a medicine box on her third day of questioning. Her statement is being recorded by a team under the direction of additional director Monika Sharma.
Priyanka Gandhi was permitted to remain in the ED room, but she was required to wait in a different area in case her mother required any medication.
According to reports, Rahul Gandhi was questioned for five days and received the same questions that Sonia Gandhi did.
In the most recent two days of questioning, Sonia Gandhi, 75, was asked more than 70 questions, according to the sources. She spent eight hours at the Enforcement Directorate’s office. She arrived at the agency’s office this morning around 11:00.
Officials from the Enforcement Directorate claimed that Sonia Gandhi was “fast” in her responses.
Rahul Gandhi, a Congress member, was questioned for five days and received over 150 questions.
Given that both Rahul Gandhi and her are key shareholders in Young Indian, the Enforcement Directorate is expected to compare her statement to his.
The Gandhis are being investigated in what is called the “National Herald case” involving the Young Indian’s takeover of Associated Journals Limited (AJL), the company that runs the National Herald newspaper founded by India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
The Young Indian allegedly took over 800 crore rupees worth of AJL assets, according to the Enforcement Directorate. The Income Tax department claims that these should be regarded as assets of Young Indian’s shareholders, Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, for which they must pay taxes.
The Congress, which denies any wrongdoing, claims that because the Young Indian is a “not-for-profit” organisation, there is no possibility of money laundering.