NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said it has begun proceedings to take possession of properties worth over Rs 700 crore belonging to Associated Journals Limited (AJL) in National Herald case, a company linked to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.
The assets include prime properties located in Delhi, Mumbai, and Lucknow — among them, the iconic Herald House on Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg in the national capital.
The ED stated that the move is part of its action in the AJL money laundering case, undertaken in accordance with Section 8 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 and the relevant rules under the Prevention of Money Laundering (Taking Possession of Attached or Frozen Properties) Rules, 2013.
