New Delhi, Dec 7 (UNI) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted raids on the offices of Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, in Delhi and the premises of his associates in Bengaluru, sources said.
The sources said the raid was carried out in a case relating to a land deal in Kolayat in Bikaner district of Rajasthan in 2012.
ED officials raided the office of Mr Vadra located at Sukhdev Vihar in the capital. At the same time they also raided the premises of close associates of his in Bengaluru.
The investigating agency had already issued two summons to Mr Vadra to appear before it in this case. When he did not appear, ED issued a third summons on Friday.
In September 2015, ED had filed a case against Mr Vadra’s company Sky Light Hospitality under the Money Laundering Prevention Act.
ED has said that Mr Vadra’s company purchased 69.55 hectares of land for Rs 72 lakh and later sold it to a company for a whopping Rs 5.15 crore.
Thus, the company earned a profit of Rs 4.43 crore.
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