ED quizzes Rahul Gandhi for 11 hours on Day 5, no fresh summons issued

New Delhi, June 21

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate for over 11 hours on Tuesday, the fifth day of his deposition in the National Herald money laundering case.

The Congress MP from Wayanad has spent over 50 hours at the ED office over five sittings with the investigators questioning him over multiple sessions and recording his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). No fresh summons were issued to the Congress leader today.

Gandhi took a half-hour break around 8 pm and rejoined the session that started at 11.30 am.

Sources said the recording of his statement on various aspects of the case had reached finality and with the Congress leader finally submitted his signed statement on every A4 size paper, the sessions that began on June 13 would end. — TNS

Cong ‘satyagraha’ continues

The Congress continued its satyagraha in solidarity with Rahul Gandhi for the fifth day with party spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi accusing the BJP government of using the ED stick as a “tool to divert attention from pressing issues facing the country”. Singhvi reiterated there was no case against Rahul.

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