New Delhi, April 22

Former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was today arrayed as witness by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy in support of his complaint against Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice-president Rahul Gandhi and others in the National Herald case.

The list filed before Metropolitan Magistrate Lovleen included the names of three public servants in Haryana — Sandeep Singh Dhillon, then associated with Haryana Urban Development Authority, Vineet Garg, IAS officer, and Shakuntala Jakhu, then Financial Commissioner, Town and Country Planning.

Swamy filed a copy of CBI case documents in the Panchkula plot allotment matter. He claimed that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a case in the same matter and questioned Hooda, Robert Vadra and Motilal Vora on alleged money laundering with regard to Associate Journals Limited (AJL).

The submission was opposed by the counsel appearing for the Gandhis and others, who claimed that CBI and ED matters were not related to the present complaint.

The court told Swamy that if he was submitting that the ongoing probe by the agencies were connected with his complaint, the present proceedings had to be stayed. Swamy said he needed time to verify whether the CBI and ED cases in the Panchkula matter were connected to the present matter.

The court posted the matter for further hearing on May 15 with a direction to Swamy to file a written submission about the relation of CBI and ED matters with the current complaint. Swamy had accused the Gandhis and others of conspiring to cheat and misappropriate funds. — PTI