The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet against Robert Vadra, husband of Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi. The agency claims that Vadra earned an illegal amount of Rs 58 crore from the land deal in Gurugram. According to the ED, Vadra took 3.5 acres of land in Gurugram as bribe. For this, he paid Rs 7.5 crore. Later this land was sold to the DLF company for Rs 58 crore.
Earning through companies
The agency says that Vadra earned Rs 5 crore out of Rs 58 crore from this deal through Blue Braise Trading Private Limited (BBTPL) and Rs 53 crore through Sky Light Hospitality Private Limited (SLHPL). Both these companies are connected to Vadra’s business network.
Crime of earnings related to crime
The ED alleged that the amount came from a source that has already been declared a crime. Vadra used this amount to buy properties, invest and repay the loans of companies. This case is related to the alleged disturbances in the purchase and sale of land in Shikohpur village of Gurugram, Haryana.
On 1 September 2018, Haryana Police registered an FIR at Kherki Daula police station in Gurugram. In this, Robert Vadra, former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupendra Singh Hooda, DLF and Omkareshwar Properties Pvt. Ltd. Other including fraud, conspiracy and corruption have been accused. In this case, ED also attached some of Vadra’s assets.