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The investigating agency has also attached 43 properties worth Rs 37.6 crore of Robert Vadra and his company Sky Light Hospitality Private Limited. This case is of September 2018.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday filed a charge sheet against businessman Robert Vadra in the Shikohpur land deal case. The charge sheet also includes the names of several other individuals and firms. The investigating agency has also attached 43 properties worth Rs 37.6 crore of Robert Vadra and his company Sky Light Hospitality Private Limited. This case is of September 2018. Earlier, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday questioned Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s husband and businessman Robert Vadra for about five hours in the money laundering case related to Arms Advisor Sanjay Bhandari and some others in Britain.
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Robert Vadra (56) reached the ED’s office in Central Delhi after 11 am. He was accompanied by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, MP from Wayanad Lok Sabha seat in Kerala. Sources said that the inquiry ended after five o’clock in the evening and during the interrogation, Vadra once went out for a lunch. Sources said that Robert Vadra’s statement was recorded under the Money Prevention Act (PMLA). He said that Vadra could be called again for questioning, as he was allegedly ‘failed’ in answering some questions about his financial relations with Bhandari and his family members.
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Last month, the agency had called Vadra (56) twice for questioning in the case, but he demanded to postpone his summons, saying that he was unwell during the first summons and later that he was to travel abroad after taking approval from the local court. The Central Investigation Agency is interrogating Vadra in three different money laundering cases, out of which two cases are related to alleged irregularities in land deals.
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