Robert Vadra arrived in ED office with Priyanka Gandhi
New Delhi: Robert Vadra, husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi, arrived at the office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for questioning, Priyanka Gandhi was also with him. The inquiry is related to a petro-chemical project scam and the purchase and sale of an expensive property in London, in which Vadra’s role is being investigated. Vadra was questioned in this case for four and a half hours.
What is the matter?
The case is related to the Petro-Chemical Project to a special Economic Zone (SEZ) in 2008. The work of creating a part of this project was assigned to Samsung Engineering by a government company (PSU). Samsung Engineering hired Sanjay Bhandari’s Dubai -based company Sainch International FZC for this work.
Money transaction and London property
- December 2008: Samsung gets a contract.
- June 2009: Samsung pays US $ 4,990,000 to Sanjay Bhandari’s company Sainch International FZC.
- June 2009 (same month): Sanjay Bhandari bought an expensive property in Bryanston Square, London.
This property was registered in the name of Vortex Private Limited, whose account Santech transferred about 1.9 million pounds of sterling. Later, all the shares of Vortex were bought by Sky Lite Investments Fze, a Dubai -based company. The company is under the control of C. Thampi, who is said to be close to Robert Vadra.
Robert Vadra accused
The email near the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has revealed that there was talks between Sanjay Bhandari, Sumit Chadha (Bhandari’s relatives), Manoj Arora and Robert Vadra about this property. It is alleged that Vadra was also showing interest in repairing this property and constantly seeking updates.
The ED says that Sanjay Bhandari spent an additional 65,900 pounds on this property, but later sold it to Mayfair FZE Sharmah in 1.9 million pounds.
Accused of ’round tripping’
The ED believes that the whole matter is of ’round tripping’. It means-
- Fake contracts were created.
- The bribe was shown as ‘consultancy fees’.
- Property was purchased abroad with these money.
- The money was then showed back valid by selling the property.
ED investigation, Vadra refuses
ED is investigating a luxury property named 10 Bryanston Square in London in this case. It is alleged that this property was bought by Sanjay Bhandari through an oil deal, but its real owner was Robert Vadra. However, Vadra has always ruled out the allegation and said that he has nothing to do with this property.
Significantly, about a week ago, the ED declared Sanjay Bhandari as a fugitive economic criminal. This action was taken under the PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act). According to the ED, there have been many international transactions in this case and evidence of huge disturbances in the purchase and sale of this property has been found. Now Robert Vadra will be asked what role he had in this deal and whether he is the real beneficiary owner of this property. Sources say that the agency has some documents that point to the role of Vadra.
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