New Delhi. The troubles of Robert Vadra, husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi, are going to increase further. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a charge sheet in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court, making Robert Vadra an accused in the money laundering case related to British arms businessman Sanjay Bhandari. ED alleges that there is a link between Robert Vadra and Sanjay Bhandari in financial transactions related to foreign assets. Earlier in June, ED had summoned Robert Vadra to record his statement. Under PMLA, ED is busy investigating the entire matter.
The Income Tax Department had raided Sanjay Bhandari’s premises in Delhi in 2016, after which this matter came to light. Bhandari had fled to London after the raid. The ED had registered a criminal case under PMLA against Sanjay Bhandari and others in February 2017. India had earlier demanded the extradition of Bhandari, which was rejected by the British court. Sanjay Bhandari has been declared a fugitive economic offender by the Delhi court. According to ED, Sanjay Bhandari had bought a house in London in 2009. The renovation work of this house was done by middlemen as per the instructions of Robert Vadra.
Apart from this, ED is also investigating the land deals done by Robert Vadra, Sanjay Bhandari and people associated with them in Haryana. The ED had earlier attached several properties in India which were said to belong to Vadra or people associated with him. However, Vadra has been rejecting these allegations against him since the beginning. Earlier in July, ED had also filed a charge sheet against Robert Vadra in the money laundering case related to the land deal in Shikohpur, Haryana.