Indian opposition's Gandhis summoned in money laundering probe


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  • Wednesday, 01 Jun 2022

FILE PHOTO: India's main opposition Congress party president Sonia Gandhi and her son and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi (2nd R) arrive at a court in New Delhi, India, December 19, 2015. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's financial crime-fighting agency wants to question the two most senior members of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, who lead the main opposition Congress party, as it investigates a complaint of money laundering, the party said on Wednesday.

The summons by the enforcement directorate is linked to a nine-year old complaint by a lawmaker of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul, the party said.

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