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Bikaner land deal case: ED issues fresh summons against Vadra
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SME Times News Bureau | 01 Dec, 2018
The Enforcement Directorate has issued fresh summons to Congress
President Rahul Gandhi's brother-in-law Robert Vadra in an ongoing probe
into the 2012 Kolayat land deal case, sources said.
An ED official told IANS: "We have issued fresh summons to Vadra to appear before the agnecy in the first week of December."
The
official said fresh summons were issued after Vadra failed to appear
before the agency earlier this month. "Vadra himself did not appear on
the last day and instead sent his legal representative with documents.
We have told Vadra that we need to examine him personally and so he must
depose before the agency," the official said.
The ED action
comes in the wake of a media report that a firm that gave loan to buy
Vadra land at a premium got a big relief from the Income Tax Settlement
Commission.
The report by The Indian Express said the ED, which
is investigating a web of controversial land transactions in Bikaner
involving Vadra's companies, has asked the Income Tax Settlement
Commission for details on its proceedings in the case related to Bhushan
Power and Steel Limited, which gave a loan to a company that bought
land owned by Vadra's firm at seven times the acquisition cost.
The ED official also confirmed that the agency has asked the Income Tax Settlement Commission for details on its proceedings.
The ED has been probing the alleged scam in the purchase of land in Kolayat area of the border town of Bikaner in Rajasthan.
According
to the ED officials, Skylight Hospitality had purchased 69.55 hectares
of land for Rs 72 lakh and then sold it to Allegeny Finlease for Rs 5.15
crore, earning a profit of Rs 4.43 crore.
The agency registered a
criminal case under the Money Laundering Act in 2015, taking cognizance
of the case filed by the Rajasthan police after forgery allegations.
The
agency had earlier issued notices to Skylight Hospitality but had not
mentioned Vadra's name or any company linked to him in its FIR.
According
to the ED, during investigation it was found that Allegeny Finlease as a
company was "not involved" in any "real business activities" and many
of its share holders were found to be dummy or nonexistent.
The
government had cancelled the mutation (transfer of land) of 374.44
hectares of land, after allotments were found to have been allegedly
made in the names of "illegal private persons".
Revenue officials
had said in the complaint that government land in 34 villages of
Bikaner that was meant to be used for expanding the Army's firing range
was "grabbed" by the land mafia by preparing "forged and fabricated
documents" in connivance with government officials.
ED suspects
that a huge amount of money was laundered in this case by people buying
land at cheaper rates through forged documents.
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