New Delhi, November 30 (IANS). The National Herald case once again created a political uproar. The Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police has registered a fresh FIR against senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi. Serious allegations such as criminal conspiracy, fraud and treason were made therein. A total of nine accused have been named under FIR number 0124/2025, which includes six individuals and three companies. The action is based on a complaint from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) dated October 3, 2025, in which a direction was given to register a scheduled offense under Section 66(2) of the PMLA. A conspiracy was hatched to fraudulently take over the properties of the Congress-linked Associated Journals Limited (AJL) company worth around Rs 2,000 crore. AJL is the publishing company of the National Herald newspaper, which was closed in 2008 due to financial crisis. At that time, AJL had an outstanding interest-free loan of Rs 90.21 crore from the All India Congress Committee (AICC). It is alleged that this loan was bought for just Rs 50 lakh by a company called Young Indian Private Limited, which was established in 2010. Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi jointly hold 76 percent stake in Young Indian, making them its beneficial owners. The ED probe report detailed that Young Indian was created as a ‘special purpose vehicle’, which became a medium to divert public money for private interests. AJL converted its outstanding loan into 9.02 crore shares of Rs 10 mark each, thus defrauding AICC donors and shareholders. Apart from this, Kolkata’s alleged shell company Dotex Merchandise Private Limited transferred Rs 1 crore to Young Indian, who is believed to be part of the conspiracy. On April 9, 2025, the ED filed a charge sheet in the Rouselaan court, alleging money laundering under sections 3 and 4. The court reserved its decision on taking notice for now. Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Suman Dubey, Sam Pitroda and Sunil Bhandari were accused in the FIR. Apart from this, FIR has also been registered against three companies – Young Indian, Dotex Merchandise Private Limited and Associated Journals Limited. Apart from this, the names of former Congress leaders Motilal Vohra and Oscar Fernandes also came up in the investigation, but due to their death they are no longer accused. –IANS SCH/VC Share this story Tags