National Herald Case

The history of the National Herald has been marred by allegations of corruption since the time of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.

Addressing a press conference on Thursday, Puri said, "I want to share with you my understanding of the National Herald case...This is an open and shut case of fraud, corruption and money laundering... Congress party has used their lawyers to somehow delay and derail the case..."

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has served notices to property registrars in Delhi, Mumbai, and Lucknow to take possession of assets worth Rs 661 crore

In its order, the authority stated that it noted that the equity shares and movable assets that the ED had attached were proceeds of crime and were connected with money laundering offences.

Congress relaunched the news operations of the National Herald in 2016 to make it appear as if it was still engaged in newspaper publishing.

Pawan Bansal was last interrogated by ED in April 2022 in a money laundering case in connection with National Herald case.

Subramaniam Swamy opposed Rahul Gandhi’s plea filed at Rouse Avenue court seeking the issuance of an ordinary passport ahead of his US visit.

Deceased Congress leader Chandra Bhanu Gupta recounted in his book how funds were collected for National Herald.

During six hour grilling by ED in National Herald case, Sonia Gandhi said that she was not involved in AJL acquisition