Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and several other leaders of the party have been detained by the Delhi Police for protesting near the Parliament House against the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) move to summon party chief Sonia Gandhi.
Senior Congress leaders detained include Deepender S Hooda, Ranjeet Ranjan and K Suresh, The Indian Express reported on Tuesday.
Rahul and other Congress members held a sit-in protest at Vijay Chowk against the ED and the BJP as Sonia Gandhi was being questioned by the ED about the National Herald money laundering case.
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The Delhi Police stopped the Congress leaders as they attempted to march from Parliament House to Rashtrapati Bhavan and held several of them in buses.
The leaders charged the Delhi Police for abusing and imprisoning a number of party members, including women. The party has been objecting to the ED's decision to interview Sonia Gandhi for several weeks.
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Regarding the arrests and where the detainees were being taken, the Delhi Police declined to comment.
