ED files chargesheet against Robert Vadra in Shikohpur land deal case, properties worth ₹37 Crore attached
This is the first time that any probe agency has filed a prosecution complaint against 56-year-old Vadra in a criminal case. The charge sheet for the controversial land deal case in Haryana's Manesar-Shikohpur (now sector 83) in Gurugram, also includes the names of several other individuals and firms.m
The charge sheet has been filed against Vadra and some others before a local court here under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), news agency PTI said, quoting sources. The central agency has also attached 43 properties worth ₹ 37.6 Crore belonging to Robert Vadra and his company – Skylight Hospitality Pvt Ltd.
The agency had summoned Vadra first time on April 8 in the case. However, he sought another date, expressing his inability to join the investigation at that time. Vadra appeared before the agency on April 15.
Vadra has earlier claimed the move was part of a 'political vendetta' aimed at silencing him and his brother-in-law, Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi.
The case came to light after Haryana cadre IAS officer Ashok Khemka cancelled its mutation, a process reflecting the transfer of property, in October 2012. Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer Khemka, who was transferred 57 times, is retiring from service after a 34-year career on April 30.
The money-laundering case concerns a land deal in Shikohpur of Gurugram, carried out in February 2008 by Skylight Hospitality, a company Vadra was previously a director of.
The company is accused of purchasing 3.5 acres of land in Shikohpur from Onkareshwar Properties for ₹ 7.5 crore.
A Congress government led by Bhupinder Singh Hooda was in power at that time. Four years later, in September 2012, the company sold the land to DLF, a realty major, for ₹ 58 crore.
The land deal became controversial in October 2012 after IAS officer Ashok Khemka, then posted as the director general of Land Consolidation and Land Records-cum-Inspector-General of Registration of Haryana, cancelled the mutation, categorising the transaction as violative of the State Consolidation Act and some related procedures.
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