Congress workers detained amid protests against ED summons to Rahul Gandhi

Delhi police detained Congress leaders and workers from outside the AICC headquarters in the national capital where they had gathered for a proposed march to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office with senior leader Rahul Gandhi ahead of the latter's scheduled appearance before the central agency.

Congress workers detained amid protests against ED summons to Rahul Gandhi

Hours before Rahul Gandhi's scheduled appearance before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money-laundering case, the Congress workers who gathered for the march against the ED were detained from areas around the AICC office at Akbar Road in Delhi and taken to Mandir Marg police station. Credit: PTI Photo

Ahead of the proposed march by the Congress leaders, the Delhi Police said that it has imposed Section 144 CrPC preventing the assembly of more than four people in the area asking them not to violate the law. Credit: PTI Photo

The police have also put up a poster of the order on the barricades outside the AICC office. Credit: PTI Photo

Congress activists were detained during a protest against the summoning of the party's president Sonia Gandhi and party leader Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case in New Delhi. Credit: PTI Photo

Even the security around the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office has been beefed up ahead of Rahul Gandhi's scheduled appearance for questioning in the National Herald case. Credit: PTI Photo

Paramilitary forces have also been deployed as a precautionary measure. Credit: PTI Photo

Media personnel and police present near the ED office, during the summoning of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case in New Delhi. Credit: PTI Photo

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