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ED mentions Priyanka Gandhi in chargesheet over money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate included Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi’s name in its chargesheet, citing her involvement in the acquisition of agricultural land in Faridabad, Haryana. According to the Enforcement Directorate, Priyanka bought the land in 2006 from HL Pahwa, a real estate agent in Delhi, and sold it to him in February 2010.

Priyanka Gandhi has not been named as an accused in the case.

The probe agency claims that Priyanka participated in the acquisition of the land from Pahwa, the agent from whom Priyanka’s husband Robert Vadra bought three different land totaling 40.08 acres (or 334 kanals) between 2005 and 2006, and later sold him the same land in December 2010.

The chargesheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday included Robert Vadra’s name.

Sanjay Bhandari, a defense dealer and fugitive in London, is also involved in the money laundering case.

In a money laundering case against Bhandari, the Enforcement Directorate claimed that Robert Vadra “renovated and stayed” at a London property that was “proceeds of crime”.

In a statement, the ED said that it has filed a new charge sheet in this case against UK citizen Sumit Chadha and UAE-based NRI businessman CC, also known as Cheruvathur Chakutty Thampi.

The ED claimed Thampi was a “close associate” of Vadra when he was arrested in January 2020.

Right now, Thampi is on bail. ED charged, “Sanjay Bhandari held various undisclosed foreign income and assets including the following properties at no 12 Bryanston Square, London and 6 Grosvenor Hill Court, London. These assets are proceeds of crime as per the provisions of the PMLA and C C Thampi and Sumit Chadha have been found to be involved in the concealment and use of these proceeds of crime.”

The probe revealed tha Thampi “is a close associate of Mr Robert Vadra”.

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