Robert Vadra appears before ED in a money laundering case, Priyanka Gandhi accompanied him
News | February 06, 2019 17:11 ISTRobert Vadra appears before ED in a money laundering case, Priyanka Gandhi accompanied him
Robert Vadra appears before ED in a money laundering case, Priyanka Gandhi accompanied him
Robert Vadra arrives at the ED office in Delhi to appear in a money laundering case
His wife Priyank gandhi Vadra, who recently entered the active politics ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls, accompanied her husband for the interrorgation but left soon afterwards.
"Modi govt is doing dirty politics, last night the posters were put up here now being removed," ANI quoted Congress’ Jagdish Sharma, as saying.
"Modi govt is doing dirty politics, last night the posters were put up here now being removed," ANI quoted Congress’ Jagdish Sharma, as saying.
Vadra, once he appears, will be grilled about the transactions, purchase and possession of certain immovable assets in London and his statement will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act,
According to sources, Vadra is expected to be grilled about the transactions, purchase and possession of certain immovable assets in London and his statement will be recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
Vadra says he is being targeted and is being subjected to false prosecution which has a colour of political witch hunt and that he is a law abiding citizen.
A lawyer from the prosecution team confirmed that Vadra has sought anticipatory bail in the case in which his close aide Manoj Arora was granted interim protection from arrest till February 6 by the court.
Priyanka, a mother of two and wife of Robert Vadra, has always confined her role in overseeing campaigning in Amethi and Raebareli, the constituencies of Rahul and mother Sonia Gandhi respectively.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has begun questioning Manoj Arora, a close aide of Robert Vadra, in connection with a money laundering probe against Congress leader Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law.
The ED officials said that they have filed a criminal FIR, known as enforcement directorate case information report in official parlance, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
ED registers case against Robert Vadra's company in Bikaner land scam
An "open-ended NBW" does not carry a time limit for execution unlike other non-bailable warrants.
He added that he would not allow his name to be used for political blackmail.
An ED statement said: "ED conducted Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) investigations in certain cases relating to ownership of undisclosed assets abroad.
Speaking to ANI, Sharma said; "Robert Vadra is being framed. Modi government wants to trap Robert Vadra".
Congress' chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi "is acting like a don".
The searches, carried out in Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru, were also related to cases of assets held abroad, they said.
In a Facebook post, Vadra alleged that a witch-hunt was going on with an agenda to besmirch his dignity and reputation.
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