new delhi amid an elaborate police bandobast and a security ring thrown around the enforcement directorates headquarters here in response to congress protests against summons to rahul gandhi officials questioned the congress mp for about 11 hours in connection with the money laundering probe into the national herald case he has been asked to join investigations at the ed office again on tuesday morningmondays session began at 11am with the congress leader being asked about transactions related to acquisition of associated journals ltd publisher of national herald and other congress publications by young indian for rs 50 lakhread alsocongress brass cms hit streets allege reign of dictatorshipthe dramatic scenes in which the delhi police squa red off with congress leaders saw former union minister p chidambaram and rajya sabha mp pramod tiwari claiming that they walked away with broken spectacles and suspected fractured ribsbjp protests a drama to save illgotten wealth of gandhisthe clarion call of rahul gandhi to congress workers to reach the national capital in the name of saving democracy is a blatant attempt to save properties worth over rs 2000 crore amassed by the gandhi family said union minister and senior bjp leader smriti irani what would you name thisthe latter is a private company controlled by congress presidentsonia gandhi and her two childrenthere was an hourlong lunch break during which rahul visited sonia who is undergoing treatment for covidrelated complications at ganga ram hospital the second session resumed at 330pm and went on past 10pmeven as rahul was being questioned action unfolded outside with congress alleging police highhandedness in dealing with protesting partymen former union minister p chidambaram and party mp pramod tiwari said they suffered rib injuries while congress claimed aicc general secretary organisation kc venugopal was bodily lifted and removed from the site of protest and mp shakti sinh gohil was canecharged for defying delhi polices prohibitory ordersthe bjp hit back with union ministers smriti irani and dharmendra pradhan alleging that the protests were a stunt to distract from the congress leaders corruption according to sources rahuls questioning was videographed and at the end of the session he was made to sign his written statements rahul and the congress have claimed no wrongdoing behind the ajl deal as the young indian was a nonprofit company and the acquisition of ajl was meant to save itearlier in the morning rahul led a procession of congress leaders from the party office at akbar road here towards the ed headquarters on dr apj abdul kalam road a fiveminute drive from the congress hqs after walking some distance rahul boarded a vehicle to reach the swanky new building of the antimoney laundering agencycongress president sonia gandhi has been summoned on june 23 in the same case after she reported ill on june 8 and had sought fresh dates the agency is probing the irregularities behind the acquisition of ajl which owns properties across major cities in india valued at over rs 800 crore according to the eds estimationthe