The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has filed a chargesheet against businessman Robert Vadra in a money laundering case linked to a land deal, sources said.
The case is linked to alleged irregularities in a land deal in village Shikohpur of Gurugram, Haryana that took place in 2008.
This is the first prosecution complaint by the anti-money laundering agency in the matter that names Vadra, the businessman who happens to be Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s husband. He had been quizzed by the agency earlier.
In April, Vadra was questioned by the federal probe agency as part of the ongoing investigation into the case.
According to sources, the chargesheet has been filed under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
A total of eleven entities have been named as accused in the chargesheet that include those related to Vadra.
However, Vadra has always vehemently denied doing anything wrong, attributing the case to political vendetta.
The investigation being conducted by the ED is based on a Gurugram Police FIR, over alleged wrongful purchase of land measuring around 3.53 acres in the Shikohpur village, situated in Gurugram, Haryana, which happened back in 2008.
It is also alleged that the same land was sold to another real estate company for a much higher price, around four years after it was bought by one of Vadra’s companies in 2008.