#Crackdown on crime or Political Vendetta? Top Opposition Leaders under ED lens 
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#Crackdown on crime or Political Vendetta? Top Opposition Leaders under ED lens

Here are some of the renowned politicians from the opposition that are lodged in some of the other cases

Many leaders of the opposition parties have come under theradar of investigative agency. Here are some of the renowned politicians fromthe opposition that are lodged in some of the other cases:

1.            SoniaGandhi and Rahul Gandhi

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former party chief RahulGandhi were summoned by the Enforcement Directorate in the money launderingcase in connection with the National Herald. Questioning by the ED is going onsince June and both Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi are summoned almost every dayfor the same. Gandhis acquired properties owned by the National Herald bybuying over the newspaper’s erstwhile publishers through Young Indian in whichthey have a stake of 86%, alleged Swami.

2.            SanjayRaut

Sanjay Raut, Shiv Sena MP was also grilled by ED about themoney laundering case which also involved his wife. According to theEnforcement Directorate, Sanjay Raut’s wife received money amounting to 38lakhs through which she bought a flat in Dadar. Questioning in this regard isgoing on with Sanjay Raut and his wife.

3.            NawabMalik

Former Maharashtra Cabinet Minister, Nawab Malik wasarrested and is now spending his life in Tihar Jail. He was arrested inconnection to the money laundering case linked to the most wanted gangsterDawood Ibrahim.

4.            SatyendraJain

The Enforcement Directorate on 30 May 2022 arrested ministerSatyendra Jain in a money laundering case. The case is based on a CBI firstinformation report which was lodged in 2017 for laundering money from fourcompanies that were linked to him.

5.           P. Chidambaram

Former Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram was arrestedby the Enforcement Directorate in the INK Media Case.

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