Rahul Gandhi detained during Cong protest against Sonia Gandhi’s questioning

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was detained by the Delhi Police amid protests against the ED’s summoning of Sonia Gandhi in an alleged money laundering case.

New Delhi: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi is appearing before the ED for the second time. Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi accompanied her to the ED office.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was detained by the Delhi Police amid protests against the ED’s summoning of Sonia Gandhi in an alleged money laundering case. Other party leaders, including Mallikarjun Kharge, Ranjeet Ranjan, KC Venugopal, Manickam Tagore, Imran Pratapgarhi, and K Suresh, have also been detained. The leaders have been taken to Kingsway Camp.

Hitting out at the central government for “dictatorship”, Rahul alleged that they were not being allowed to hold discussions inside Parliament and during protests, the leaders were arrested. “India is a police state, Modi is a king,” Rahul added while speaking to the media.

Sonia Gandhi reached the ED office in New Delhi on Tuesday for a second round of questioning in the National Herald money laundering case. She was accompanied by Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi. After about 2.5 hours of questioning, Sonia left the ED office for a lunch break. The agency’s case is based on a trial court order that allowed the Income Tax Department to probe the affairs of National Herald newspaper and conduct a tax assessment of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. The order was the result of a 2013 petition filed by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy, who alleged cheating and misappropriation of funds on the part of the Gandhis in acquiring the newspaper.