The case relates to allegations of money laundering in the purchase of a London-based property
The case relates to allegations of money laundering in the purchase of a London-based property
Justice Bhati clarified that if the need arises, the ED will have to move the court separately to seek permission for arresting them
ED's Special Public Prosecutor Nitesh Rana sought two more weeks for arguments on the application which was allowed by the court
Manoj Arora, an employee of Robert Vadra's company, alleges he is being framed by the government.
The searches were conducted in connection with its probe into alleged "commissions received by some suspects in defence deals" and illegal assets stashed abroad
The ED further claimed that Arora is a key person in the case. He is aware of overseas undeclared assets of Vadra and was instrumental in arranging funds for such properties
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The searches, carried out in Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru, were also related to cases of assets held abroad
Vadra said he had cooperated fully with the government departments for the last four-and-a-half years and would continue to do so
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The answer lies in the government's own rules notified in December 2016
6 Delhi Police personnel have been posted for years at Vadra's family home, claimed reports
Vadra has allegedly made unlawful profits worth Rs 50 cr from a land deal in Haryana
Miffed over portions of the Justice Dhingra panel report on controversial land deals of Robert Vadra being leaked to the media selectively, the Congress blamed the BJP and the Manohar Lal Khattar government in Haryana for the move saying it smacked of political witch hunting.The Congress deployed senior spokesperson and Supreme Court lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi to defend Vadra, son-in-law of party chief Sonia Gandhi, who cited a Punjab and Haryana high court order banning publication of the Dhingra panel report and questioned its contents.According to Singhvi, no notices were sent either to Vadra or party leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who was chief minister when the said land deals took place, in violation of established rules. The Congress leader referred to two cases involving BJP leaders LK Advani and Kiran Bedi where the courts ruled that notices under section 8-B of the commission of inquiry act have to be sent to a person before a panel can conduct a probe against him or ...
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182-page report points to the alleged connivance of the Hooda govt in favouring Vadra and others
The ED had also issued a notice to the firm under Prevention of Money Laundering Act
The probe is related to the purchase of 275 bigha land allegedly by the company in the Kolayat area in Rajasthan