Gurugram Land deal case: ED registers case against Robert Vadra's firm

The Enforcement Directorate on Monday registered a case against Robert Vadra's firm Skylight Private Hospitality in the Gurugram Land deal case.

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New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Monday registered a case against Robert Vadra's firm Skylight Private Hospitality in the Gurugram Land deal case. The investigation agency has also written a letter to the Gurgaon authorities for making the requisite documents available in connection with the alleged fraudulent land deal. The ED has accused Vadra's company of buying three and a half acres of land for Rs 7 crores and selling the same to Delhi Lease and Finance (DLF) for a whopping Rs 58 crore by  allegedly getting the land usage changed. The ED has also accused Vadra's firm for violating all norms including the stamp duty charges for changing the land usage and earning a windfall gain from the sale of the land. The Enforcement Directorate is likely to serve a notice against Robert Vadra's company. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday moved a Delhi court seeking issuance of an open-ended non-bailable warrant (NBW) against Manoj Arora, personal assistant to Robert Vadra, in a money laundering case. As per reports, the land change usage map was sent over to Robert Vadra from London. The ED, in its application, stated that Arora was aware of overseas undeclared assets of Vadra and played a major role in arranging funds for properties that were brought in London. The ED claimed that proceeds of crime were used to channelize funds from the UAE to buy residential property at 12, Bryanston Square, London, worth 1.9 million pounds, allegedly owned by Vadra. On Sept 2018, an FIR has been filed against Robert Vadra, the owner of Sky Light Hospitality Private Limited, over fraudulent transactions. Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, DLF Company Gurugram and Onkareshwar Properties Gurugram have been booked too. Robert Vadra is the brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi.