‘ED is being managed by govt’: Robert Vadra gets bail in Gurugram land deal scam case

NEW DELHI: Delhi-based businessman and Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi’s husband, Robert Vadra, was granted bail by Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Courtroom on Saturday in the Enforcement Directorate’s cash laundering case linked to the controversial Shikohpur land deal in Gurugram.The court docket granted him reduction on a private bond of Rs 50,000 together with one surety, and stuck the following listening to in the matter for July 10.The case pertains to alleged irregularities in a land transaction in Haryana’s Shikohpur village and has been underneath investigation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) underneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA).Chatting with reporters after being granted bail, Vadra questioned the company’s functioning whereas asserting his religion in the judiciary.“I imagine in the judicial system of this nation. I do know that ED is being managed by the Authorities and the ED will carry on occurring the directions of the Authorities. So, it is not honest from the ED’s aspect. However I imagine in the judicial system of the nation. I’m right here, I’ve nothing to cover. So, I’m at all times going to be right here and reply all of the questions. Regardless of the formalities are, I’ll full them. So, it is all good…If we’re successful elections, if we’re doing good and other people nonetheless need my household, by default I’m going to must deal with this. I’ve the potential to face this. I’m fearless and I’ve nothing to cover….”The case stems from a 2008 land transaction involving Vadra’s firm, Skylight Hospitality Pvt Ltd, which had bought round 3.5 acres of land in Shikohpur village in Gurugram from Onkareshwar Properties for about Rs 7.5 crore. The land was later offered to actual property large DLF for a considerably larger quantity after the mutation course of and the grant of a industrial licence turned topics of scrutiny.The Haryana authorities had earlier ordered inquiries into the deal, with allegations centring on attainable irregularities in land licensing and monetary good points arising from the transaction. The ED later initiated a cash laundering probe primarily based on the predicate offence registered in the matter.Vadra, husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and maintained that the allegations towards him are politically motivated.