ED attaches Vadra’s assets worth Rs 4.62 cr

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ED attaches Vadra’s assets worth Rs 4.62 cr

Saturday, 16 February 2019 | PNS | New Delhi

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday said it has attached assets worth Rs 4.62 crore of Skylight Hospitality, a firm owned by Robert Vadra, Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s brother-in-law, in connection with the Bikaner land scam case.

“The attached assets include movable assets amounting to Rs 18,59,500 pertaining to four individuals and one immovable property situated at 268, Sukhdev Vihar in New Delhi to the extent of Rs 4,43,36,550 owned by Robert Vadra’s company Ms Sky Light Hospitality (P) Ltd (now LLP),” the agency said.

The ED had registered a criminal case in connection with the deal in 2015, taking cognisance of a clutch of FIRs and charge sheets filed by Rajasthan Police after the tehsildar of Bikaner complained about alleged forgery in the allotment of land in the area. The area is considered sensitive due to its proximity to the Indo-Pak border.

“In furtherance of sale/ purchase, these impugned fraudulent lands were further sold by subsequent purchasers to individuals and companies and all these subsequent sellers of the impugned land generated a considerable amount of profit. The fraudulently generated profit by these entities is nothing but proceeds of crime as defined under PMLA,” the ED said in a statement.

Sky Light Hospitality (P) Ltd had purchased 275 Bigha (69.55 Hectare) land fraudulently for Rs 72 lakh and sold the same for Rs 5.15 crores to Allegeny Finlease (P) Ltd and illegally generated profit of Rs 4.43 Crores. Four other individuals had also generated profit of Rs 18.59 lakhs in sale of fraudulent acquired land, the agency said.

On Tuesday, Vadra and his mother Maureen had appeared before the ED in Jaipur. Congress general secretary and Vadra’s wife Priyanka Gandhi had accompanied them to the probe agency’s office.

Last week, the ED had quizzed Vadra in Delhi for three days in connection with a money laundering probe against him for allegedly procuring assets abroad in an illegal manner.

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