"New Low": Kapil Sibal Slams Attachment Of National Herald Assets

Kapil Sibal, a former Congress leader, also alleged that the Enforcement Directorate has been acting at the behest of the "powers that be".

Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Wednesday slammed the Enforcement Directorate for attaching assets of the Congress-promoted National Herald newspaper and described it as a "new low in politics".

Mr Sibal, a former Congress leader, also alleged that the probe agency has been acting at the behest of the "powers that be".

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Tuesday that it has attached immovable assets and equity shares worth about Rs 752 crore as part of its ongoing money laundering investigation against the National Herald newspaper and companies linked to it.