Businessman Robert Vadra on Monday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money-laundering probe linked to a controversial land deal in Shikhopur, Gurugram. The questioning comes after Vadra failed to respond to an earlier summons issued on April 8.
Vadra, who walked from his residence to the ED office, claimed that the repeated summons were part of a political conspiracy to silence him.
“Whenever I will speak up for people and make them heard, they will try to suppress me... I have always given all answers and continue to do so,” Vadra told reporters ahead of his appearance. “There is nothing in the case. For the last twenty years, I have been summoned 15 times and interrogated for more than 10 hours every time. I have submitted 23,000 documents...” he added.
The case involves Vadra’s firm, Skylight Hospitality, which allegedly purchased 3.5 acres of land in Shikhopur from Omkareshwar Properties for Rs 7.5 crore in 2008. The land was later sold to real estate major DLF for Rs 58 crore. The ED suspects the transaction may have involved money laundering and is tracing the financial trail behind the gains.
