ED Seals Young Indian Office At Herald House Building Amid Money Laundering Probe

This comes a day after ED raided multiple locations in Delhi and other places in the alleged money laundering case related to the National Herald newspaper.

National Herald office

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday temporarily sealed the premises of Young Indian (YI) office in the National Herald building in Delhi, instructing that the premises not be opened without prior permission from the agency.

Delhi | The Enforcement Directorate seals the National Herald office, instructing that the premises not be opened without prior permission from the agency. pic.twitter.com/Tp5PF5cnCD

— ANI (@ANI) August 3, 2022

According to a report by news agency PTI, the temporary seal has been put in order to "preserve the evidence" which could not be collected, as the authorised representatives were not present during the raids on Tuesday, sources said. The rest of the National Herald office is open for use, the sources further added.

The notice pasted under signature of the ED investigating officer outside the Young Indian office space said it cannot be opened "without prior permission" from the agency, the report added.

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Meanwhile, Delhi Police deployed additional personnel outside the residence of Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi in Janpath on Wednesday. 

We will say whatever we have to, officially. Our spokesperson will speak. We will have to hold a discussion, we will do it. There is no reason (of sealing), the reason will come out. Nobody can hide & attack in this country: Salman Khurshid, on Young Indian office sealed by ED pic.twitter.com/lGC3MrDheD

— ANI (@ANI) August 3, 2022

According to reports, this comes a day after ED raided multiple locations in Delhi and other places in the alleged money laundering case related to the National Herald newspaper.  

Blocking road to AICC headquarters now a norm, says Congress

Meanwhile, the road to AICC headquarters was blocked after which the Congress alleged that this has become a norm rather than an exception. However, the police said the barricades were put up and its personnel were deputed to avoid any untoward situation.

Sharing a video showing heavy police deployment outside the AICC headquarters, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh tweeted, "Delhi Police blocking the road to AICC Headquarters has become a norm rather than an exception! Why have they just done so is mysterious...."

A senior Delhi police officer said, "We have received inputs from our special branch that some protesters might gather at the Congress Office situated on Akbar Road. So, as a preventive measure, we have put barricades and deputed our personnel to avoid any untoward situation."