Case deferred as Subramanian Swamy fails to appear

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday deferred the cross-examination of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy in the National Herald case, filed by him against Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, his mother Sonia Gandhi and others, to March 30.

Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Samar Vishal deferred the matter as Mr Swamy was unavailable.

Mr Swamy, in a private criminal complaint, had accused the Gandhis and others of conspiring to cheat and misappropriate funds by paying just Rs 50 lakh, through which the Young Indian (YI) Private Limited obtained the right to recover the Rs 90.25 crore the Associate Journals Limited owed to the Congress. All the seven accused have denied the allegations levelled against them.