ED summons Vadra again in money laundering case

IANS  |  New Delhi 

The (ED) has summoned Robert Vadra, brother-in-of Rahul Gandhi, on Tuesday in connection with the probe into a case involving a property worth 1.9 million pound.

The fresh summons have come two days after a court on Saturday extended Vadra's interim bail till March 2.

Earlier, the directorate had questioned for over 24 hours in connection with the case on February 6, 7 and 9.

The case relates to ownership of undisclosed assets abroad worth 1.9 million pound, allegedly belonging to Vadra, husband of Priyanka Gandhi, in charge of Uttar Pradesh East.

He was also questioned twice by the ED in in connection with the Bikaner land deal case.

The ED on Friday attached Rs 4.43 crore immovable property at Vadra's Sukhdev Vihar house in The house was in the name of Vadra's company

On February 2, the court had granted interim bail till February 16 and asked him to join the investigation on February 6.

The ED had lodged a case against after his role came up during the the probe into another case under the 2015 anti-black money involving absconding

Arora, an employee of Vadra's Skylight Hospitality, was aware of the latter's overseas undeclared assets and was instrumental in arranging funds, the ED had alleged.

The property was allegedly bought by Bhandari and sold in 2010 for the same amount despite incurring additional expenses on renovation.

On December 7, as part of the investigation, the ED had conducted searches at a number of premises in Delhi-and Bengaluru.

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First Published: Mon, February 18 2019. 20:06 IST