The North News

New Delhi, April 15

Businessman and brother-in-law of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Robert Vadra, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday in connection with a money laundering case linked to a land deal in Haryana, according to media reports. Vadra was summoned by the ED federal financial crimes agency in a 2008 land transaction in Shikohpur village, Gurugram.

The case originates from a First Information Report (FIR) filed by Haryana police in 2018. According to The Hindustan Times, investigators are looking into the sale of a 3.5-acre plot purchased by Vadra’s company, Skylight Hospitality Pvt Ltd, from Onkareshwar Properties for ₹7.5 crore.

Officials have questioned the speed with which the transaction was processed, noting that land mutation was allegedly completed in just 25 hours. An ED official said the summons were issued “to know about the financial transaction.”

Speaking to reporters , Vadra dismissed the investigation as politically driven. “There is nothing in the case,” he said. “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.”

The Congress party has long argued that cases against Vadra are part of a campaign to discredit opposition leaders.