Centre sets up panel to investigate three trusts linked to Gandhi family

The probe follows charges made by senior members of the BJP that Congress received donations from China

An inter-ministerial committee led by a special director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been set up to probe the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation (RGF) and other trusts alleged money laundering, violation of income tax rules and the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, a Ministry of Home Affairs official said.

The probe follows charges made by senior members of the Bharatiya Janata Party that the Congress received donations from China. On June 25, BJP president J P Nadda had said the RGF had received $300,000 from the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese embassy in 2005-06 to carry out studies that were