The Enforcement Directorate has named Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in its supplementary prosecution criticism towards C C Thampi, mentioned to be identified to Priyanka’s husband Robert Vadra, in reference to a cash laundering case towards arms seller Sanjay Bhandari.
Within the prosecution criticism – akin to a chargesheet – the investigating company has alleged that Priyanka bought 5 acres of land from a Delhi-based actual property agent, H L Pahwa, in Faridabad in April 2006. She allegedly offered the identical piece of land to Pahwa in 2010, the prosecution criticism mentioned.
It mentioned that Thampi, who was arrested by the ED in 2020, purchased 486 acres of land in Faridabad between 2005 and 2008 by means of Pahwa. Vadra additionally bought 40 acres of land from Pahwa in the identical space in 2005-06 and offered it again to him 5 years later, the ED alleged.
“C C Thampi, who had monetary dealings with Sanjay Bhandari, had deposited money of Rs 50 crore to H L Pahwa, which was used for a number of land dealings, and Robert Vadra is admittedly a good friend of each C C Thampi and Sanjay Bhandari,” the ED had claimed earlier.
In 2018, the ED had raided premises related to Skylight Hospitality, a agency allegedly linked to Robert Vadra, in reference to the case towards Bhandari.
The supplementary chargesheet accuses Thampi of helping Bhandari in “concealment, possession and use of proceeds of crime”. The ED has alleged that Bhandari acquired property at 12 Bryanston Sq., London, in 2009 and renovated it utilizing Vadra’s funds. Vadra additionally stayed within the property “three-four instances”, the ED has alleged, including: “The widespread thread with regard to the mentioned (London) property, ranging from the date of acquisition to its use, was C C Thampi, Sumit Chadha and Robert Vadra.”
The ED alleged that Vadra and Thampi had identified one another for greater than a decade and have been launched by means of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi’s PA, Madhavan. “Through the course of investigation on this case, it’s discovered {that a} lengthy and thick relationship exists between… Thampi and… Vadra. Not solely a private/cordial bond, however widespread and comparable enterprise pursuits are additionally discovered between them,” alleged the company.
The company additionally highlighted alleged monetary transactions between the 2, together with the acquisition of a automobile by Thampi in Vadra’s identify.
Based on a movement chart within the chargesheet, by means of overseas companies in Switzerland and Korea, undisclosed overseas earnings was allegedly transferred to entities owned by Sanjay Bhandari, equivalent to Santech Worldwide. This overseas earnings was transferred to UAE-based firms and later reached Sky Lite Funding, the ED has alleged.
The company acknowledged that from the evaluation of sure emails, it was clear that Bhandari managed and owned Sky Lite, which was a shell entity with no reported earnings or revenue. Funds from Sky Lite have been finally used to buy the London property, the ED alleged.
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First uploaded on: 29-12-2023 at 01:40 IST
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