The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday filed a chargesheet against businesman Robert Vadra in connection with a money laundering case linked to UK-based defence dealer Sanjay Bhandari.
“In the Sanjay Bhandari Black money case, supplementary Prosecution Complaint (chargesheet ) was filed against Robert Vadra for assisting Sanjay Bhandari in money laundering case. Next date in the matter is December 6,” an ED official told UNI.
Rouse Avenue court will consider the chargesheet on December 6.
Rober Vadra, who is the husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, was granted anticipatory bail in the case in 2019 by the Delhi Court.
According to the investigation, the probe agency has reportedly unearthed Vadra’s role while investigating Bhandari’s questionable financial transactions and dealings.
Earlier in July this year, Vadra had recorded his statement before the ED under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
He is currently being investigated by the ED in three separate money laundering cases, including two linked to the alleged irregularities in land transactions.
The ED has accused Vadra of assisting Bhandari. The agency is now probing whether funds generated through these deals were routed through offshore entities of the fugitive defence dealer.
Bhandari had fled to the UK in 2016 following Income-Tax raids at his premises in Delhi. He is considered close to Vadra.
Recently, a Delhi trial court had declared Bhandari a Fugitive Economic Offender (FEO) under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018. He subsequently challenged the trial court’s decision in the High Court and a verdict on his plea is pending.