Robert Vadra in Tribal: Delhi Court notices notice in money laundering case; Next hearing on 28 August | Bharat News
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday issued notice to businessman Robert Vadra, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi’s husband and other accused persons about the money laundering complaint, setting the hearing time for August 28. The purpose of the notice is to hear from the proposed accused during the pre-cognitive phase, ANI said.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has recently filed a money laundering charge sheet, and the court has directed the ED to provide copies to all the proposed accused.In this case, the charge sheet has named three persons and eight companies as accused parties.
Gurgaon land case
Last week, the ED filed a charge sheet against Robert Vadra in a Rouse Avenue Court, alleging “income of crime” in a Gurgaon land deal of more than Rs 58 crore here.Apart from Vadra, Ed has accused 11 others against the husband of MP Priyanka Gandhi in his charge sheet. Sources said other accused include Omkareshwar Properties and Promoter/Director Satyanand Yaji and KS Virk.This is the second charge sheet filed against the Gandhi family in less than three months. Ed filed a charge sheet against Sonia and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald Money Laundering case on 17 April.
Vadra’s name in many money laundering cases
The Vadra faces several money laundering checks related to land transactions done during the previous Congress governments in Haryana and Rajasthan. He allegedly received preference treatment from the Haryana government, led by former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who allowed land-use conversion from agriculture to commercial/residential for Vadra’s properties, resulting in adequate profit.Additionally, Vadra is investigating for a money laundering case which is associated with absconding arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari. The allegations show that Vadra acquired assets through Bhandari in London and Dubai using income from various defense contracts.In the current case, where the authorities have filed a charge sheet, the Wadra allegedly bought 3.5 acres of land in Sector 83 of Shikohpur village, Gurgaon, for Rs 7.5 crore on February 12, 2008 from Omkareshwar Properties Private Limited through his company Skylite Hospitality Private Limited. The Congress government in Haryana immediately gave a commercial license for 2.7 acres of this property. Later the land was sold to DLF for Rs 58 crore after four months, which made a profit of Rs 50 crore.The ED investigation is a Gurgaon police filed in 2018, which is reported to be fraud activities in the land deal. On Wednesday, the ED seized 43 properties worth more than Rs 37 crore, which was associated with Vadra and his organizations, including Skylight Hospitality Private Limited.
