Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi's name in ED's PMLA case charge-sheet

In a first the Enforcement Directorate ED has named Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi in its charge sheet mentioning her role of purchasing an agricultural land measuring 40 kanal five acres in Haryanas Faridabad from a Delhibased real estate agent HL Pahwa in 2006 and sold the same land to him in February 2010According to the ED the land was purchased in Amipur village in Faridabad from Pahwa the agent with whom Priyankas husband Robert Vadra also purchased three pieces of land measuring 334 kanals 4008 acres in Amipur village from 20052006 and sold the same land to him in December 2010The agent is the same person who also sold land to NRI businessman CC Thampi The larger case involves fugitive arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari who is under investigation by multiple agencies for moneylaundering violation of foreign exchange and black money laws and the Official Secrets Act He fled India for the UK in 2016 Thampi has been accused of facilitating Bhandari to hide proceeds of crime along with Sumit Chadha a British nationalED has named Robert Vadra in its earlier charge sheet related to the case as an alleged close aide of ThampiIn the fresh chargesheet it is mentioned that Pahwa was receiving cash out of the books for the purpose of acquisition of land It was also noticed that Robert Vadra did not pay the entire sale consideration to PahwaThe ED investigation in this regard is still ongoing However the copy of the ledger accounts in the books of Pahwa reflecting the above mentioned transactions were taken on record vide letter dated November 17 2023It is submitted that Robert Vadra incorporated entities with the names of Sky Light Hospitality Pvt Ltd and Sky Light Realty Pvt Ltd in India on November 1 2007 and November 16 2007 respectively The same have been downloaded from the website of Ministry of Corporate Affairs Whereas an entity nemed Sky Lite Investment FZE in UAE was incorporated on April 1 2009 with CC Thampi as its sole shareholder mentions the chargesheetDuring the course of investigation of Thampi and his Indian eatities in the case bearing no T3219HQ2015 being investigation under the provisions of Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999 FEMA it has been found that Thampi purchased land 486 actes approx from 2005 to 2008 in village Amipur in Haryanas Faridabed district through one HL Pahwa Delhi NCR based real estate agentIt is also mentioned in the chargesheet that Robert Vadra incorporated an entity in India with the name Blve Breeze Trading Pvt Ltd on November 1 2007 which was later converted into LLP The email ID of the said entity has always remained as bivebreezetradingzmallcom ic when it was a Private Limited entity and later when it got converted into an LLP The incorporation documents of the said entities were downloaded from the website of Ministry of Corporate Affairs It is the same email id on which one Beena employes of CC Thampi in Dubai used to communicate in connection with the property 12 Bryanston Square London mentions the chargesheetDuring the course of investigation in another PMLA case bearing fo ECIROGHIU2018 being investigated against Robert Vadra his entity Sky Light Hospitality Pvt Ltd and others it has been found that one Mahesh Nagar resident of Delhi NCR represented various entities of Robert Vadre at the time of purchase and sale of various pieces of land in DelhiNCR and Bikaner Rajasthan it pointedIn a statement the ED on Tuesday had also mentioned Robert Vadra in connection with the purchase of a property in London that is part of the probeDetailing the association between Vadra and Thampi the charge sheet states During the course of investigation in this case it is found that a long and thick relationship exists between CC Thampi and Robert Vadra Not only a personalcordial bond but common and similar business interests are also found between themThampi arrested in January 2020 ostensibly told ED that he knew Vadra for over 10 years and that they met several times during Vadras visits to the UAE as well as in DelhiThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever