In his first ever appearance before any investigation agency, the son-in-law of United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson, Sonia Gandhi, and brother-in-law of Congress party president, Rahul Gandhi, Robert Vadra, went through a 6-hour long probe carried out by Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday. The business tycoon, Vadra, was accompanied by the newly inducted Congress party general secretary, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, sister of Rahul Gandhi. Priyanka joined her husband on the way to ED office after going to Congress party office and left the ED office in sometime. When asked about her company to her husband to ED’s office even after being the Congress party General Secretary, Priyanka said that she stands by her family at this moment.
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ED is investigating a money laundering case pertaining to Vadra’s purchase of some properties in London using money laundering means, reported news agency PTI. The news agency claimed to have a source from probe agency confirming Vadra was probed by ED under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on transactions, purchase as well as possession of immovable property in London. Vadra has been refuting these claims of his involvement in money laundering, terming it as ‘political vendetta’ as he belongs to Gandhi family. However, after a Delhi court granted him interim bail till February 16 last week, he was instructed by the court to join the probe by the investigation agency.
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Meanwhile, after Vadra’s interrogation, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson, Sambit Patra, reaffirmed that Vadra owns 8-9 properties in London which were bought using funds routed to him as kickbacks from petroleum and defence deals in 2008-09 when Congress party led UPA was in power, reported PTI. Patra took a swipe at Congress party and termed it as a party with corruption as the core agenda. While addressing a press conference he said, “the 2019 Lok Sabha election is a fight between the gang of corrupt versus transparency of Narendra Modi government,”
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