Newdelhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday temporarily sealed the premises of Young Indian (YI) in the Congress-owned 'Herald House' in connection with a money laundering case involving National Herald and instructed that the “premises not be opened without prior permission from the agency". The rest of the National Herald office in the Herald House building is open for use.
The temporary seal has been put in order to "preserve the evidence" which could not be collected as authorised representatives were not present during the raids on Tuesday, they said.
The ED raided the newspaper’s Bahadurshah Zafar Marg office near ITO and 11 other locations on Tuesday as part of its money laundering probe in the National Herald-AJL-Young Indian deal, a week after the agency questioned Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi. The probe agency has already questioned her MP-son, Rahul Gandhi.
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— INC TV (@INC_Television) August 3, 2022
Taking to Twitter, the Congress slammed the central probe agency for sealing the Young Indian office and deployment of police forces outside the party headquarters in Delhi. The party said, “The voice of truth will not be afraid of police guards…questions of inflation and unemployment will still be asked."
The seal was put in order to "preserve the evidence" which could not be collected as authorised representatives of YI were not present during the raids that were launched on Tuesday, they said.
The rest of the National Herald office is open for use, the sources added.
A notice affixed under signature of the ED investigating officer outside the YI office space said it cannot be opened "without prior permission" from the agency.
Officials said the ED team had emailed the summons to the principal officer/in-charge of YI, which is senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, seeking their attendance to open the cabins for it to carry out raids but they have not received any response, so far.
Kharge, the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, had visited the Herald House building on Tuesday evening along with party colleague Pawan Bansal but he left and the search could not be conducted, they said.
As and when the authorised person (for YI) presents themselves for concluding the search, the seal will be lifted, officials said.
The ED had on Tuesday raided a dozen locations, including the National Herald newspaper and web portal office in Herald House at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg near ITO as part of its money laundering probe in the National Herald-AJL-Young Indian deal.
The agency sleuths left the premises in the wee hours of Wednesday after they collected some documents, digital data and questioned some staffers.
The National Herald newspaper is published by Associated Journals Ltd. (AJL) and its holding company is Young Indian. The newspaper office is registered in the name of AJL.
Delhi | The Enforcement Directorate seals the National Herald office, instructing that the premises not be opened without prior permission from the agency. pic.twitter.com/Tp5PF5cnCD
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