New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday sealed off the premises belonging to 'Young Indian', located in the office of Congress-owned National Herald newspaper in New Delhi, providing instructions to not open the office premises without prior permission from the agency.
Sources said the seal has been put in place to avoid tampering with evidence related to the ongoing money laundering probe against National Herald. The rest of the National Herald office is open for use, the sources added. Notably, the alleged money laundering probe also involves Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi.
The order issued by the agency also said the decision to seal premises was owing to no one being present in the office at the time. Security was meanwhile beefed up in front of AICC headquarters in Delhi, as per a tweet by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. "Delhi Police blocking the road to AICC Headquarters has become a norm rather than an exception! Why have they just done so is mysterious…" Ramesh said in his tweet.
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— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) August 3, 2022Delhi Police blocking the road to AICC Headquarters has become a norm rather than an exception! Why have they just done so is mysterious… pic.twitter.com/UrZCNigNHy
— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) August 3, 2022
The notice pasted 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 principal officer/incharge of the office to open the premises for it to carry out raids but the response was awaited.
The ED had on Tuesday raided a dozen locations, including the National Herald 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 National Herald newspaper is published by Associated Journals Ltd. (AJL) and its holding company is Young Indian. The National Herald is registered in the name of AJL. (with Agency inputs)
