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An FIR has been lodged against Robert Vadra, the Son in Law of senior congress leader Sonia Gandhi and former Haryana Chief minister Bhupinder Hooda, in DLF Company Gurugram & Onkareshwar Properties Gurugram in an alleged Gurugram land grab case.
“We received a complaint today from one Surinder Sharma, resident of Nuh, in which he alleged irregularities in the land deals,” Manesar Deputy Commissioner of Police Rajesh Kumar told news agency PTI. Real estate developer DLF and Omkareshwar Properties have also been named in the FIR.
The FIR says that Mr Vadra’s company Sky Light Hospitality purchased land in Gurgaon’s Sector 83, Shikohpur, Sikandarpur, Khedki Daula and Sihi for Rs. 7.5 crore and sold it back for Rs. 55 crore after a change in its classification.
Mr Vadra, however, denied the charges, saying it was attempt to distract people from “real issues”. “It’s election season… there is an increase in oil prices… so let’s divert the real issues of people… what’s new?” he said.
Reacting over the FIR Vadra said: Election season, increase in oil prices…so let’s divert real people’s issues with my decade old issue. What’s new?: Robert Vadra’s statement on FIR against him (file pic)
on the other hand BJP leader said this is not a personal fight, this is our collective fight against corruption.
The BJP has long said that Mr Vadra’s real estate transactions should be investigated to determine if he was allowed unfair deals while the Congress was governing the state. The deals were held up by the BJP during poll campaigns for years as proof of massive corruption on Congress watch.
Mr Vadra has consistently rejected the allegations and called it political vendetta of the BJP target the Congress.