The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued new summons to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper. According to media reports, the investigating agency wants the Congress leader to appear before June 13.

Earlier, the ED had summoned Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi for questioning on the case on June 8. However, according to media reports, Rahul Gandhi has requested another date. Sonia Gandhi, who has contracted COVID-19, said she decided to appear in court on June 8.

Officials said the investigating agency would record statements from the two congress leaders under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The National Herald case alleged misappropriation of more than Rs 2,000 crore in equity deals.

The ED also challenged former Union Minister Pawan Bansal and senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge over the case in April.

In 2012, when BJP leader Subramanian Swamy filed a complaint in a court alleging financial irregularities during the acquisition of the Associated Journals (ALJ), the publisher of the National Herald, by the Gandhi family, who owned Young Indian (YIL) in 2010.