Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday expressed solidarity with his brother-in-law, Robert Vadra, amidst the Enforcement Directorate filing a chargesheet against him.
Robert Vadra. (File Photo: IANS)
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday expressed solidarity with his brother-in-law, Robert Vadra, amidst the Enforcement Directorate filing a chargesheet against him.
Taking to platform X, Gandhi stated, “My brother-in-law has been hounded by this government for the last ten years. This latest charge sheet is a continuation of that witch hunt. I stand with Robert, Priyanka and their children as they face yet another onslaught of malicious, politically motivated slander and harassment. I know that they are all brave enough to withstand any kind of persecution, and they will continue to do so with dignity. The truth will eventually prevail.”
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The ED on Thursday filed a charge sheet against Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi’s businessman husband, Robert Vadra, in connection with a money laundering case related to a 3.53-acre land deal in Haryana’s Shikohpur village in Gurugram, Haryana, in 2008.
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The ED alleges fraudulent purchase of land for Rs 7.5 crore, later sold to DLF for Rs 58 crore.
The ED also alleges Vadra’s company, Skylight Hospitality, “fraudulently” purchased the land through “false declaration”.
In this connection, the ED has attached 43 immovable properties worth Rs 37.64 crore linked to Vadra and his entities.
Vadra, meanwhile, has denied any wrongdoing, calling the case a “political vendetta” against him and his family.
The land deal was executed in February 2008 when a Congress government led by Bhupinder Singh Hooda was in power in Haryana. The ED took up an FIR registered in September 2018 by Gurugram police, alleging corruption, forgery, and fraud.
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