Rs 58 Crore Land Deal Case: ED Files Charge Sheet Against Robert Vadra

New Delhi (The Uttam Hindu): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has tightened its grip on Robert Vadra in the famous Gurugram land deal case of Haryana. Last week, the agency filed a charge sheet against 11 people including Vadra and alleged that Robert Vadra earned illegal income of Rs 58 crore from irregularities in the land deal of DLF project.

According to the ED, the entire case is related to 3.5 acres of land in Gurugram's Shikohpur village (now Sector 83), which was first bought by Robert Vadra's company Skylight Hospitality Private Limited for just Rs 7.5 crore. Later, after allegedly changing the land use, the same land was sold to DLF in 2012 for Rs 58 crore.

This case first came into the limelight when senior Haryana IAS officer Ashok Khemka cancelled the mutation of this land. In its charge sheet, the ED has claimed that Rs 53 crore was paid for this deal in the account of Skylight Hospitality, while Rs 5 crore was given to a company named Blue Breeze Trading Private Limited. The agency alleges that this amount of Rs 58 crore was used by Vadra to purchase other immovable properties, make investments and repay his loans.

ED also says that serious irregularities were committed in the process of granting commercial license to Vadra's company. Before filing this charge sheet, the agency has questioned Robert Vadra several times.

Amidst this legal action, politics has also intensified on the matter. Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has openly defended his brother-in-law Robert Vadra for the first time. He wrote in a tweet on Friday, "This government has been harassing my brother-in-law for the last 10 years without any reason. All this is being done as part of revenge politics." After this statement, the matter is likely to escalate further.

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