Herald case: Summons against Pitroda to be served through MEA

A Delhi court on Tuesday said that the summons against Sam Pitroda be served through the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) in connection with the National Herald case. The court’s direction came after BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, who is the complainant in the case, informed it that summons issued against Pitroda, former chairman of National Knowledge Commission, has not been served yet. Swamy said Pitroda is presently residing in the US. “Let accused number six (Pitroda) be summoned through the MEA,” the magistrate said. The court has now fixed the matter for further proceedings on January 31. Swamy had accused Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others of conspiring to cheat and misappropriate funds by paying just Rs 50 lakh by which Young India obtained the right to recover Rs 90.25 crore which the Associated Journals Limited had owed the Congress.